It is a bright idea that when you get a National Government in office, a mixed and assorted Government, it is to be assumed that the opposition must suddenly cease to function, and that it must discharge the duties of the Opposition and carry the burden of the baby of the Government as well. This Bill is the Government's business, and it is for us to attack it and to tear it to pieces if we like, and we are going to do what we think proper in this respect.


Parliamentary speech on the National Economy Bill, 28 September 1931.

Herbert Morrison Quotes

It is a bright idea that when you get a National Government in office, a mixed and assorted Government, it is to be assumed that the opposition must...

It is a bright idea that when you get a National Government in office, a mixed and assorted Government, it is to be assumed that the opposition must...

It is a bright idea that when you get a National Government in office, a mixed and assorted Government, it is to be assumed that the opposition must...

It is a bright idea that when you get a National Government in office, a mixed and assorted Government, it is to be assumed that the opposition must...