Bob Ainsworth Quotes

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

Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years.....

Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years.....

Bob Ainsworth

Tags: security, profound

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Robert William Ainsworth (born 19 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary, but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of Labour leader Ed Miliband.

Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.

Bob Ainsworth

Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.

Bob Ainsworth

Tags: teamwork, style, political