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Norman Lamont
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“Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we have had to pay to get inflation down. That price is well worth paying.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hansard, HC 6Ser vol 191 col 413 (16 May 1991) .
“The green shoots of economic spring are appearing once again.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the Conservative Party Conference, 9 October 1991.
“There are going to be no devaluations, no leaving the ERM. We are absolutely committed to the ERM. It is at the centre of our policy. We are going to maintain sterling's parity and we will do whatever is necessary, and I hope there is no doubt about that at all.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Robin Oakley and Colin Narborough, "Lamont shows his determination to sink or swim with the pound", The Times, 27 August 1992.
“As a result of uncertainties caused by the French referendum, massive speculative flows have continued to disrupt the functioning of the exchange rate mechanism. As Chairman of Ecofin I have tonight called an urgent meeting of the EC's monetary committee to consider how stability might be restored to the markets over the next few days. In the meantime the Government has decided that Britain's best interests would be best secured by suspending our membership of the ERM with immediate effect. As a result, the second of the two interest rate rises announced today will not take effect.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Larry Elliott, Will Hutton and Julie Wolf, "Pound drops out of ERM", The Guardian, 17 September 1992.
“My wife said she'd never heard me singing in the bath until last week.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anatole Kaletsky, "Lamont looks on the bright side", The Times, 22 September 1992.
“John Pienaar (BBC reporter): Which do you regret more, singing in the bath when forced to withdraw from the ERM, or talking prematurely of green shoots last autumn? Norman Lamont: I .. Je ne regrette rien.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sheila Gunn, "Chancellor warns Newbury against short-term protest", The Times, 24 April 1993.
“There is something wrong with the way in which we make our decisions. The Government listen too much to the pollsters and the party managers. The trouble is that they are not even very good at politics, and they are entering too much into policy decisions. As a result, there is too much short-termism, too much reacting to events, and not enough shaping of events. We give the impression of being in office but not in power. Far too many important decisions are made for 36 hours' publicity.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hansard, HC 6Ser vol 226 cols 284-5 (9 June 1993) .
“What is the right exchange rate at one point is not necessarily the right exchange rate at another.”
Norman Lamont (born 1942) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As he stated on Channel 4 News, 15th December 2008