We in the Labour party owe it to the people we represent to make sure that we offer a choice at the next election between our Labour values and those of the Conservatives. Lucy Powell Read Quote
We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain. Lucy Powell Read Quote
Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can’t get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders. Lucy Powell Read Quote
The era of industrial Britain, where a large section of our workforce provided cheap labour in factories and processing goods, is over. Lucy Powell Read Quote
It’s become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it’s positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I’m really proud of the NHS. Lucy Powell Read Quote
The lack of available credit and loans is having a severe impact on small businesses in particular, but also their suppliers and the bigger companies too. Lucy Powell Read Quote
For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions – the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in. Lucy Powell Read Quote
Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster. Lucy Powell Read Quote
Some argue that now isn’t the time to push the green agenda – that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem – high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today’s financial difficulties. Lucy Powell Read Quote
Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one. Lucy Powell Read Quote
