"To be accused of ignoring my roots is pig ignorant. Collins's racist comment has focused my mind on the fight and I will beat him."

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“Blair, don't send our young prince to your catastrophic illegal war to make it look plausible.”

“In accordance to the way that Benn speaks, he is not educated. Sure, he's educated to a certain extent, but under different circumstances he would be a bouncer on some door in the West End and he'd have three kids from three different women … I am a superior person to that. I have finer points. So, superior in mentality, yes. As a fighter in accordance to the trade, yes”

“MR BROWN You know that the policy in Iraq cannot succeed. Democracy cannot be exported with a gun. You can be the Great Leader and the Great Peacemaker”

“Eubank has forgotten his roots. He is of African origin and seems to have forgotten that”

“I do detest him, I really do. It's no joke. I can't stand him”

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