John McDonnell : (5)

" If corporations and rich people who made fortunes out of us during the boom are not paying their fair share then reform the tax system and close down the tax havens. " - John McDonnell

" Heathrow is in my constituency and I have been at both the Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 planning inquiries. At these inquiries my community has been assured by the inquiry inspectors, BAA and government ministers that each development would be the last piece of expansion of the airport because of its ever-increasing noise and air pollution. " - John McDonnell

" The decision over Heathrow expansion exemplifies the style of policy-making that starts with capitulation to a powerful self-interested lobby, blatantly fixes a public consultation and then drives through a policy that destroys any vestiges of green credentials the government had left. " - John McDonnell

" I sneaked into an Everton match once. I’m a Liverpool supporter, but Liverpool were away, Liverpool reserves weren’t playing, there wasn’t even a youth match, so I took my son into an Everton match. God help me. It wasn’t me. " - John McDonnell

" The worry in Labour circles is that, when pressed, Gordon Brown instinctively moved to cut the benefits of the poor rather than upset businesses and the wealthy. " - John McDonnell