Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSSwas a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 March 1916
borrowed cancer diagnosed five living moved seven time
I moved in here 12 years ago to die. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I was told I had five years to live. I've been living on borrowed time for seven years.
defense finish group kids mindset pace people starters starting supposed tempo understand wear
Kids have a mindset - and a lot of people have a mindset - that you have to have a starting five, and they're supposed to play as much as they can. What we had to understand was if we wanted the starters to finish strong, we had to have that other group play. We had to keep up the pace and tempo to keep the defense continually strong. We had to wear down our opponents.
gives plays
He wanted to play hard. He gives it all he's got. That's why I've got to sub him pretty frequently, because he plays hard.
epa followed gas poured tried
I followed the EPA and tried to get them to go over where all the gas was poured from the radiator shop,
party next causes
The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
long politics week
A week is a long time in politics.
party political moral
The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
sleep successful political
The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
party years predictions
It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
sarcastic dog fun
Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
party office political
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
littles hearing eras
On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
science government giving
[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall, if we don't give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don't use many.
zimbabwe might matter
The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.