There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.
Roy Jenkins Quotes
The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered.
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| Birth: | 11th November, 1920 |
| Death: | 5th January, 2003 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Politician |
About
Roy Harris Jenkins was a British politician. The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in Harold Wilson's First Government.
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