"Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times."
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"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.“
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"It's not a matter of if economies around the world becoming low-carbon, but when and how: through struggle and strife or through advancement and progressive leadership. Larry Elliot described it today as the 'Green New Deal.' It's a leadership we in Britain can provide, and from which our economy can benefit."
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"I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up."
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"Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and convenience in treatment times, and for more prevention through screening and health checks."
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"In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world."
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"At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship."
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