3 December 2020 Lucy Powell What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell Team GB’s success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester’s velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell For sure, the ‘Obamania’ that’s fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters – some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home – seem more determined to prevent that happening.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell There’s a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women’s representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell 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.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell As a relatively young woman – I’m 33 – I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I’m elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What’s more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
