My favourite Hattersley quotes
From 1987: “For too long the mainstream of the Labour Party believed that it was possible to combat bad ideas by opposing ideas in general.”
On Tony Blair: “Since the prime minister believes in the Third Way, it is important for him to find out what it is."
Dorian Lynskey
RIP Roy Hattersley. A pragmatic style of politics in unswerving service of radical, egalitarian ends. A rare blend then, which would be rarer still today.
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Committed pro-European who formed half of the so-called dream ticket with Neil Kinnock was 93
