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Frances O'Grady quotes

British Activist November 9, 1959

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My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty. Frances O'Grady
I do know what it's like to worry about bills, I do know what it's like to worry about even finding a child-minder, never mind paying them. Frances O'Grady
Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged. Frances O'Grady
Frances O'Grady quote: "I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that."
I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that. Frances O'Grady
Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0 percent balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy. Frances O'Grady
From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic. Frances O'Grady
The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999. Frances O'Grady
The dominant economic approach of the last thirty years is now on its last legs. Letting the market rip and an indifference to inequality are now seen as important causes of the greatest economic crash since the 1930s. Frances O'Grady
Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead. Frances O'Grady

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