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Dawn Primarolo
6 quotes
“Or does the Prime Minister's advice to women simply consist of following her example and finding herself a wealthy husband?”
Dawn Primarolo (born 1954) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At Prime Minister's Questions (19 January 1989), as cited in "Thatcher angered by 'wealthy husband' jibe", The Guardian (20 January 1989), p. 6
“What is this National Marriage Week? [...] I don't know why my colleagues are suddenly so fond of the word.”
Dawn Primarolo (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Primarolo was married to her second husband] [So] you could say I'm into the institution. When I was a single mother my son happily described our family as me, him, our dog and our cats.”
Dawn Primarolo (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[On her earlier membership of the Campaign Group of left-wing MPs] I was hell-raising. I'm not saying I haven't made my mistakes but I don't regret anything: it's all been part of my learning curve.”
Dawn Primarolo (born 1954) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Red Dawn rises to the challenge of power", The Daily Telegraph (12 February 1998), p. 6
“If I were a politician who said, I've never learnt anything and I don't look around me and see that circumstances change [...] then people would say, this person does not deserve to be a Member of Parliament. How can you be responsive to people and allow your own politics and ideas to develop if you don't take on change.”
Dawn Primarolo (born 1954) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Dawn", Daily Telegraph magazine (16 October 1999), p. 75
“We used to go in the chamber and sit next to each other when one of us spoke to support the speaking member, because the catcalls across the chamber were designed, as they always are, to undermine you and put you off.”
Dawn Primarolo (born 1954) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'We needed a massive amount of resilience': the female Labour MPs from the class of '87", The Guardian (4 March 2023)