Chuka Umunna Quotes

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Chuka Umunna

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 17, 1978

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

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Although I had a private education at secondary level, I went to a local primary school where I mixed with kids of all backgrounds.

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Jeremy Corbyn is a Brexiteer. This guy has always wanted us to leave the E.U.

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Back in the 1980s parts of our country were devastated by de-industrialisation. This wave of globalisation and the first fruits of technological innovation destroyed industrial jobs or exported them to low-wage economies. The loss of work had a devastating impact.

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We are pro-West, and we are not anti-liberal.

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There are retailers successfully combining conventional and online retail, like Argos or John Lewis.

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My father was a rags-to-riches businessman who came over in the Sixties with no money. On my mother's side, I am the grandson of a High Court judge and celebrated intelligence officer, so it's quite an unusual combination.

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We need to see many more people starting businesses and becoming their own boss, but the squeezed middle exists as much within this group as in the population at large as rising costs are hitting small businesses - who after all are consumers too.

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Look, politics can be tough.

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Undoubtedly Obama's multi-ethnic heritage is part of his appeal. There is something in his background that we can all relate to and grab hold of.

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One way to promote shareholder engagement and activism is through greater accountability and transparency.

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We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

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Too often, politicians fail to relate what they advocate to the kind of society they want to build, or they dress up policy in rhetoric which belies their actual intention. Meanwhile Joe Public is left wondering what on earth this bunch are all about and how their vision of a good society differs from that of the other lot.

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We must never forget the value of work because without it people are denied a sense of dignity and of community.

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Banks provide payment systems, core deposit and lending facilities that enable us to manage our day to day affairs.

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Work is the way we contribute to society, part of a reciprocal social contract - the giving of our effort and our taking when in need - that holds our society together. We work, we build our society, and we share in its prosperity.

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To be clear, aiming to reduce the national debt in the long term and running small surpluses when the economy is operating close to full capacity is what I mean when I talk about seeking to 'balance the books' - a sensible approach.

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Political parties - which too often operate like closed circles - must open up.

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Excessive pay and rewards for failure are bad for shareholders, the economy and society.

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We have a commitment to making sure that the U.K. remains a member of the European Union.

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