Bob Ainsworth Quotes

Bob Ainsworth — British Politician born on June 19, 1952,

Robert William "Bob" Ainsworth is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament 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 new Labour leader Ed Miliband... (wikipedia)

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.

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

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

I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.

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

Bob Ainsworth Quotes

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