“This sounds ridiculous, but my political inspiration is not Marx or En...” — Emily Thornberry Quote

“This sounds ridiculous, but my political inspiration is not Marx or Engels or ­anything like that. It was my mum.”

“Given that GPs are essentially a private part of our health care system, providing services independently of the rest of the health service, NHS England is supposed to take a strategic approach to co-ordinating GP practices.”

“By repealing the Child Poverty Act, which forced governments to take real action to tackle child poverty, this government brings a proud chapter of British history to an undignified end. In future the government will measure child poverty not by looking at whether they have any money, but by looking at their so-called 'life chances.'”

“We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy.”

“The financial elite do not need special laws for themselves. This is one nation and there is one criminal law.”

“That was how I had developed my singing style in the first place - imitating other singers like George Michael and Richard Marx.”

“If Marx was alive during the Stalinist period, he'd be first to be in the gulag.”

“I was always a fan of Groucho Marx as a kid.”

“I hear Shakespeare, sometimes, the way other people might hear God or Marx or something. But he's so different from that.”

“I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone you never got to hear speak in films would never not speak in real life.”

“I love the Marx Brothers.”