Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM PCwas a British Labour Party politician, and biographer of British political leaders...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 November 1920
country believe broken
I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?
believe moving party
The most moving speech I have ever heard was Hugh Gaitskell saying he would 'fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love. That was the right message in 1960, and I believe it is still the right message today.
government enemy danger
There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.