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“All of this is more than history. The Owen critique of the Jenkins position remains a sharp one and directly relevant to Labour moderates. If they decided they could no longer stick Corbyn, what sort of party would they create? What is the electoral base of a straightforwardly liberal party? Labour voters least likely to be impressed by Corbyn are most likely to be hawkish on defence, tough on immigration and sympathetic to Brexit.”
Daniel Finkelstein, Everything in Moderation
“I don’t care where Chelsea’s money comes from as long as there is plenty of it.”
Daniel Finkelstein, Everything in Moderation
“You cannot, in other words, judge the quality of a decision by its outcome.”
Daniel Finkelstein, Everything in Moderation
“My mother likes to describe pessimists as those who can only see the holes in the Emmenthal.”
Daniel Finkelstein, Everything in Moderation
“have often repeated my grandmother’s words – ‘while the Queen is safe in Buckingham Palace, we are safe in Hendon Central”
Daniel Finkelstein, Everything in Moderation
“Give me any day a politician who has been special adviser to the agriculture minister over a man on a white charger come to purify the nation and sweep away its corruption. For I well know who will be doing the sweeping and who will be the swept.”
Daniel Finkelstein, Everything in Moderation