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Yvette Cooper
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“Sexism in politics is nothing new when you're standing for election. But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad. Shockingly, David Cameron thought it acceptable to claim this week that my decision not to run for the Labour leadership was because my husband, Ed Balls, "stopped [me] from standing.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I'm not standing for Labour leader – this time" The Guardian (28 May 2010).
“I decided I don't want to go for the top job now. I could be working for another 25 years and I'd like to be reading bedtime stories to my children for another two or three years.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why she did not nominate herself to become Leader of the Labour Party, during BBC's Today programme (May 2010).
“Cut is the Sure Start maternity allowance. Has [the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith] no idea at all that supporting a family and getting the children out of poverty when the babies are born can save money from the public purse for years to come? Instead, he wants to cut support from the babes in their mothers' arms. At least Margaret Thatcher had the grace to wait until the children were weaned before snatching their support.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During a budget response debate, cited from Hansard (28 July 2010).
“Nigel Farage is still trying to whip up fear and hatred towards refugees who are fleeing from conflict. It was extremely ill-judged of him to describe himself as a victim.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Response on Farage's denial for being responsible for whipping up hate against immigrants - "Nigel Farage says he is a victim of political hatred in response to Jo Cox question" The Independent (19 June 2016).
“This dangerous rapist should not be in a women's prison and it should be clear that if someone poses a danger to women and committed crimes against women they should not be being housed in a women's prison.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed on the Today programme (), as quoted in "Former prisoner governor says she would have quit over trans rapist" The Telegraph (26 January 2023).
“I have to say, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the Ministers are like fraudsters in the fairy tale, telling gullible Liberal Democrat MPs about the beautiful progressive clothes that the emperor is wearing, if only they are clever enough and loyal enough to see them. And desperately, we have Liberal Democrats clinging to shreds of invisible cloth, reaching deep into their Liberal and Conservative history to pretend that they can be progressive now. They are claiming that Keynes might have backed the Budget. They are calling on Beveridge for support, kidding themselves that they can call on their history and that they are following in the footsteps of great liberal Conservatives like Winston Churchill, who supported the minimum wage, but the truth is that the emperor has no clothes. The truth is that if you look at the detail, the Budget is nastier than any brought in by Margaret Thatcher. Instead of Churchill, Keynes or the founders of the welfare state, the Liberal Democrats have signed up, with the Right Honourable Member for Chingford and his Chancellor, to cut support for the poor. It is perhaps apt that in this week of World Cup disappointments, it was actually a footballer who got it right. In 2002, after England were defeated in the World Cup by Brazil, Gareth Southgate reflected ruefully on England's performance and said: "We were expecting Winston Churchill and instead got Iain Duncan Smith." That is the reality for the Liberal Democrats now. With all their high hopes, they have betrayed the poor and the vulnerable, whom they stood up to defend. [The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb) rose] I will give way to the hon. Gentleman because I know he has a history of supporting people on low incomes and I do not know why he is betraying it now.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During a budget response debate cited from Hansard (28 July 2010). Link to the video.
“Some in the Labour Party want to blame our defeat only on the leadership. Others want to blame it only on Brexit. Yet it was about both of those things and more. In our towns in Yorkshire, we knocked on thousands of doors trying to persuade people to stick with Labour. Some said they just didn’t want Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister. Others were fearful that we wouldn’t stand up for national security. Some wanted Brexit done and felt angry and let down. We found little enthusiasm for Boris Johnson. One woman told me in tears that she was voting Tory for the first time and she was furious with us for making her feel like she had to do it.”
Yvette Cooper (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an article in the Daily Mirror in responce to the poor result from Labour in the 2019 General Election - Yvette Cooper: Labour did badly in the election but will pull UK together (December 2019)