I am listening to the right hon. Gentleman with great interest. He speaks with great fluency and knowledge, but when he talks about nurses, doctors and all those in the public-sector professions, he reminds me of the words of Oliver Cromwell when looking at the corpse of King Charles I. Cromwell said that what had happened had been a "cruel necessity": is that what the Conservatives are offering public-sector workers?
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Stuart Bell
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 March 2010.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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