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Today, Labour has a disruptive economic narrative - that Britain needs fundamental change in its market structure and culture to compete in the modern world.

~David Miliband

Topics: Britain Change Compete Culture Disruptive Economic Fundamental Labour Market Modern Modern World Narrative Needs Structure Today World

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The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class.

~David Miliband

Topics: Africa African Alone Biggest Britain Class Economies Five Middle Middle Class Million Million People Mobile Mobile Phones Nigeria Opportunity Out People Phones Population Seven Ten Times Total World

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In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised.

~David Miliband

Topics: Britain Education Housing Over Prescribed System Transport Unemployed Welfare Work Young

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There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.

~David Miliband

Topics: Actually Austerity Back Britain Country Danger Dangerous Draw Economic Essentially Facing Government Less Ourselves Parts Perceive System Think Wealthy Wrong I Think

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The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.

~David Miliband

Topics: Britain Danger Europe Foreign Foreign Policy Policy Real Rest Therefore Weak World

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I am the 'change Britain' candidate. We can only change Britain through a united Labour Party and I am the unity candidate. I have got support from the Left and the Right of the party.

~David Miliband

Topics: Am Britain Candidate Change Got Labour Labour Party Left Only Party Right Support Through United Unity I Am

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People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world.

~David Miliband

Topics: Around Britain Just Lives More More Power Over Own People Power True Want World

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The 1970s - I was ten in 1975 - were a bad decade in all sorts of ways but the middle class had comfortable assumptions about the prospects for its children. The middle class was smaller then; it was a much less competitive Britain, less meritocratic.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Assumptions Bad Britain Children Class Comfortable Competitive Decade Had Less Middle Middle Class Much Prospects Smaller Sort Ten Then Ways Were 1970S

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I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is.

~David Miliband

Topics: Actually Britain Bulk Contribution Country Educators Huge Journalists Make Mean Million Muslim Muslims Our Plus Say Society Strongly Successful Teachers Them Two Vast Very Vibrant

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What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years.

~David Miliband

Topics: About Big Britain Build Cultural Democratic Foundations Issue Lay Moment Next Political Settlement Several Social Sound Whether Wishing Without Years

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