The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

Quote by Ed Miliband

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Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and...

Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and...

We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have...

We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have...

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand...

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand...

It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state...

It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state...

We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end...

We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end...

I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I...

I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I...

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women...

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women...

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and...

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and...

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe...

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe...

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor...

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor...

I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to...

I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to...

Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue...

Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue...

Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are...

Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are...

Look, there is a sort of old view about class which is a very simplistic...

Look, there is a sort of old view about class which is a very simplistic...

Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist...

Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist...

The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing...

The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing...

I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who...

I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who...

Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which...

Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which...