Author: Bob Ainsworth

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I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

- Bob Ainsworth

We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'.

We have tended in politics in this country to concentrate on the domestic, on the here and now - the 'what's in it for me'.

- Bob Ainsworth

I have strengths, and I have weaknesses. I don't pretend to be able to write a great thesis or doctorate - I have no pretensions in that direction.

I have strengths, and I have weaknesses. I don't pretend to be able to write a great thesis or doctorate - I have no pretensions in that direction.

- Bob Ainsworth

Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.

Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.

- Bob Ainsworth

It's hard to find good teamwork in practice, and I have never thought that we, as a party, were any better at working as a team than the Tories, despite our core values.

It's hard to find good teamwork in practice, and I have never thought that we, as a party, were any better at working as a team than the Tories, despite our core values.

- Bob Ainsworth

On the back benches, you can have your say but no power to do anything.

On the back benches, you can have your say but no power to do anything.

- Bob Ainsworth

You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.

You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.

- Bob Ainsworth

I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.

I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.

- Bob Ainsworth

We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.

We are not in Afghanistan because girls were not allowed to go to school, but helping them do so will give the Afghan people hope for a better future.

- Bob Ainsworth

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