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Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC, FRSL , is a British Labour politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for 33 years from 1964 to 1997. He served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. December 1932
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Famous Roy Hattersley Quotes

“Until Roy Hattersley said he would shoot himself if I became prime minister, I had not been able to see any possible advantage in standing.”

Roy Hattersley

John Reid in his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester, 28 September 2006. BBC News 28 September 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5388112.stm
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“In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.”

Roy Hattersley

Evening Standard, 9 May 1989

“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”

Roy Hattersley

The Guardian, 30 September 1988

“In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.”

Roy Hattersley

Quoted in Tom Bower, Maxwell: The Outsider (1988) ch.13

“The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.”

Roy Hattersley

The Independent, 21 July 1989

“Diversity was the encouragement of people to live together in harmony despite their differences and rejoice in the differences rather than deplore them.”

Roy Hattersley

Interview for " Rivers of Blood http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Rivers_of_Blood", BBC2 (8 March 2008), at 23:21

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