“There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on...” — Emily Thornberry Quote

“There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on to swing from the chandeliers in defence of the rights of freeborn Britons. I suppose a lot of those Tories would have been what you might call 'one-nation Tories.' That tradition has died in the Conservative party.”

“The U.K.'s reputation as a business destination will suffer if its authorities cannot be relied on to enforce the law.”

“I was born into the Labour party. I was delivering leaflets by the age I could reach the letter box.”

“It is up to Labour to keep alive the belief that government should be for the whole nation and that no section of society should place itself beyond scrutiny and above the law.”

“Laws protecting this right - whatever the level of the minimum wage, and whatever the Government chooses to call it - are only as strong as the threat of enforcement is both real and feared.”

“Middle-class commuters in Rickmansworth and Berkhamsted are wondering whether the Conservative party is the party that they have traditionally supported. And they certainly don't want to support a Farage-lite party.”

“The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough.”

“Those of us from the Vote Leave team would never have gone to No10 to help if Boris hadn't told us that he is determined to change the Conservative Party - change its priorities and change its focus so it really serves the whole country. Most of us were not 'party people.' For us, parties are a means to an end - a means to improve lives.”

“I won the leadership of the Conservative Party as a pro-choice Conservative MP, one with a strong mandate.”

“The Conservative Party must be a party for all of its members.”