Frank Field

“The Labour Party is now seen as a racist party.”

“Poverty is not just about a lack of money. It is about a lack of hope, a lack of aspiration.”

“Britain’s EU membership is preventing us from building the kind of society that a majority of our voters want.”

“The best form of welfare is a job, but it has to be a job that pays.”

“Too many people are trapped in poverty because of the way the welfare state has been designed.”

“An overwhelmingly hostile culture of intolerance, nastiness, and intimidation runs through the upper echelons of the party leadership.”

“The moral purpose of the state is to help people to be good.”

“My job is to be the grit in the oyster.”

“There is nothing compassionate about a welfare system that asks nothing of its claimants.”