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In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.

Roy Hattersley

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

Roy Hattersley

The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.

Roy Hattersley

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

Roy Hattersley

Politicians are entitled to change their minds. But when they adjust their principles some explanation is necessary.

Roy Hattersley

There is no doubt that, as works of art, books that lack canine interest are incomplete.

Roy Hattersley

Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people.

Roy Hattersley

Roy Hattersley

Roy Hattersley

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Born: December 28, 1932 (age 92)

Bio: Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley is a British Labour politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. He was for Birmingham Sparkbrook for 33 years from 1964 to 1997.

Known for:

David Lloyd George: The Great Outsider (2010)
The Edwardians (2004)
Buster's Diaries (1998)
A Yorkshire boyhood (1983)

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