"Until Roy Hattersley said he would shoot himself if I became prime minister, I had not been able to see any possible advantage in standing."
— Roy Hattersley

January 1, 1970

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomHumanistsLabour Party (UK) politiciansJournalists from EnglandPeople from Sheffield
Original Language: English

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John Reid in his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester (28 September 2006), quoted in ‘Confront Muslim extremists - Reid’, BBC News (28 September 2006)