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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”