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The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#even #few #galling #government #husbands

The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#best #challenge #deficit #deficit reduction #economic

I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show. ↗

— Paul O'Grady

#game #game show #i #middle-aged #show

Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#already #always #budgets #day #decision

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

#challenged #college #convinced #dishes #expense

Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#describe #get #i #i think #into

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#first #gender #human #human being #just

I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'. ↗

— Paul O'Grady

#could #even #hand #heavy #hold

Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure. ↗

— George Eliot

#knowledge #poetry #art

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#beautifully #because #crack #dramatic #dramatic roles