Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 June 1976.
It is never a question of asking what Scots people can do for us. I have asked them to vote for the Labour Party because I believe in democratic Socialism, which knows no bounds of race, colour, nationality or religion. The wealth of this country should be put to the benefit of the people who produce it—the working class. I am not one of those who masquerade as a Scottish patriot but will pay higher wages to his employees in London than in Glasgow. The alliance between the Tory Party and the SNP is not in the least curious. It is a natural alliance. Therefore, I welcome the fact that they are prepared to stand against us tonight.
The burden of the motion is that the country is suffering from too much Socialism. I wish that some of what the right hon. Lady said about the Government's motives in proceeding fast with Socialism was as true as she said. What is wrong with this country is that we do not have enough Socialism. The sooner we work towards a Socialist democracy, the sooner we shall provide individual liberties and be able to make our influence felt much more widely in the world, producing real human freedoms which cannot be denied and which must be obtained at all costs.