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[W]e shall fight any legislation based on these proposals tooth and nail, line by line, and, however long it takes, we shall destroy the Bill.

— Barbara Castle

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The poverty and unemployment which we came into existence to fight have been largely conquered.

Statement (1959)

This means a pension increase of 72p – a fair price for a bag of peanuts.

Speech to the Labour Party Conference (1999)

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