Quotes by Frank Dobson

About Frank Dobson:

Frank Gordon Dobson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St. Pancras from 1979 to 2015. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999, and was the official Labour Party candidate for Mayor of London in 2000, ultimately finishing third in the election, behind Conservative Steven Norris and the winner, Labour-turned-Independent Ken Livingstone.
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Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.

Frank Dobson

I think I've had a very privileged life.

Frank Dobson

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

Frank Dobson

The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles.

Frank Dobson

I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all.

Frank Dobson

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

Frank Dobson

If you say someone is thrilled, it implies talk of an exciting project. I'm wary of such talk.

Frank Dobson

My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.

Frank Dobson

It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money.

Frank Dobson

Author Bio

  • NameFrank Dobson
  • DescriptionBritish politician
  • AliasesFrank Gordon Dobson
  • BornMarch 15, 1940
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician