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"My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!"
Ernest BevinIf the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, th — Ernest Bevin
"If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting — and whether or not we leaders agree."
Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin
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Ernest Bevin was a British statesman, trade union leader and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1940 and served as Minister of Labour and National Service in the wartime coalition government. He succeeded in maximising the British labour supply for both the armed services and domestic industrial p
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"He is a powerful fellow, with a bull neck and a huge voice – a born leader...if there is trouble, mark my words! You will hear more of Bevin!"
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