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Barbara Castle
6 quotes
“We of the rank and file of the constituency parties say to the trade union movement that the Beveridge issue is as axiomatic to us as the Trade Disputes Act is to them. ... Jam yesterday and jam tomorrow, but never jam today.”
Barbara Castle (1910–2002) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Labour Party Conference (1943), quoted in Barbara Castle, Fighting All The Way (1993), p. 116
“The poverty and unemployment which we came into existence to fight have been largely conquered.”
Barbara Castle (1910–2002) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement (1959), quoted in Nicholas Timmins, The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State (1995), pp. 254-255
“[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 (1910–2002) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons against the Industrial Relations Bill (26 November 1970)
“Finally to the channel tunnel. Personally I am relieved that Tony Crosland has decided we can't go ahead. This is not only anti-Common Market prejudice. It is a kind of earthy feeling that an island is an island and should not be violated. Certainly I am convinced that the building of a tunnel would do something profound to the national attitude – and not certainly for the better.”
Barbara Castle (1910–2002) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diary entry (16 January 1975), quoted in The Castle Diaries, 1974–76 (1980), p. 281
“They lured us into the Market with the mirage of the market miracle.”
Barbara Castle (1910–2002) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech during the 1975 European Communities membership referendum campaign, quoted in Jamie Robertson, '"EU referendum: 1975 and 2016, a tale of two campaigns", BBC News (24 March 2016)
“This means a pension increase of 72p – a fair price for a bag of peanuts.”
Barbara Castle (1910–2002) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Labour Party Conference (1999), attacking the government for fixing state pensions to inflation rather than earnings, quoted in '"Barbara Castle: Pensioners' champion", BBC News (3 May 2002)