"I am just saying that—I am saying that we will be fighting for our lives, as I will set out if I ever get on to explaining the new clause fully...." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"I happily add to the record. It makes some people’s circumstances more difficult, but I said that generally speaking, the larger the Labour majority in the general election and the bigger the turnout in the last general election, the one before that and the one before that, the more likely …..." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"I would also say, to qualify that general statement, that areas that I would love to represent—not my own constituency, but others—voted to remain, against the trend of Labour support, in the referendum...." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"I have only four small sheets of paper, and it has taken me all this time to get this far. I have an answer for my right hon. Friend—[Interruption.] Indeed, it seems to me that the Labour side needs educating about where Labour voters are. If my …..." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"I have to confess to receiving the pamphlet and throwing it in the bin immediately. I never believed that the sort of campaign we fought, with false truths on both sides, enhanced our standing as a political class. Neither did it address the very serious issues of what people thought …..." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"If I did, it would mean that the voters of Birkenhead did not have wisdom, which is the very opposite of my hon. Friend’s point. I am not going to put my head in that noose...." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"No, I have given way once. This is a serious debate and, if I can make progress, I will willingly bring people in as we go along.
I wish to express disappointment with the Government’s strategy and their handling of the situation. I do not think it has the sense …..." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech
"Clearly, my suggestion is proving shocking to my right hon. and hon. Friends, but it will be a test of whether we are intent on the best possible terms, whether we have a clear position and whether we are putting our country first...." Lord Field of Birkenhead - View Speech