The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
Being speaker has afforded me a unique opportunity to serve parliament, for which I am immensely grateful. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
Europe needs us just as much as we need Europe and it’s time to stop fiddling for a solution, it’s time to implement the solution. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
We fought big time fascists when I was knee high to a grasshopper up in Yorkshire, when I grew up I fought fascists in the West Midlands in the form of the National Front. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
It’s like miners’ coal dust underneath your fingernails. Very difficult to scrub out. I’m a social democrat to my fingertips. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
I say to myself: ‘Come on, Betty, you can’t have everything in life. You’ve been very lucky.’ Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
You’ve got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view. Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
If Labour ends up on the scrapheap of history, it will do so because of its own foolishness and self-inflicted wounds. What party in its right mind would allow a combination of far-left enemies, militant trade unions and first-time supporters to decide its fate? Betty Boothroyd Read Quote
