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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...