John Hewson Quotes

Prime Minister, our party won’t have you, and I think I am right in saying that the country won’t have you either.

I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to stay, he's going to go. He knows parliamentary party have no faith in him.

I didn't like the way Andrew Peacock was not supported in 1984. He'd done well in that election; he deserved to continue. But by the end of '85, he was out.

When Blair was elected leader of the Labour Party, he said, "New Labour is a new political party" - that was the phrase he used, and I'm so glad he said it because he set up his own party and I'm not a member of it.

If you look at the other people around at the time - Charles Clarke, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw - they've all gone. And they're not old. What's happened is that someone who is quite old - Jeremy Corbyn - is now leader. We have to take some responsibility for that.

I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning.

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

Howard Dean is just like that reel-to-reel tape in Mission Impossible. He gave the party its instructions and then self-destructed.

There are very good people in the Labour Party who I would like to see in leadership.

I now believe Malcolm Turnbull is worse than Tony Abbott.

We cannot do anything that exposes the country to the risk of Jeremy Corbyn.

It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.

I think it's absolutely extraordinary that any Conservative MP considered even for one minute installing Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street.

I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter.

We need a good strong opposition and I don't know whether it's any coincidence that we need Angela Eagle in Labour and we need Theresa May to lead the Conservative party, both of whom of course are women.

I believe whoever the Labour Party chooses to replace Tony Blair will beat David Cameron.

The Republican Party is officially a dumpster fire.

I remember being told after the 1992 general election that Labour could never win a majority in Britain ever again.

When Corbyn was elected, I found there was a lot to welcome there.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, is a true populist; Senator Bernie Sanders, the former U.S. presidential candidate who campaigned for Hillary Clinton after losing his battle for the Democratic Party's nomination, is not.

I think it is commonplace for parties to change candidates and reshuffle ministries to bring in new faces.

I'm not supporting Jeremy Corbyn. If we are to have an election I would fight as Lib Dem leader as the party of remain that hasn't equivocated on this like Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour is fundamentally a Remain party but it is in our interests to negotiate as good a deal as possible.

I just can't stand Tony Blair.

The Tories have long since abdicated any pretension of principled global leadership.