My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope.

Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.

Hard news really is hard. It sticks not in the craw but in the mind. It has an almost physical effect, causing fear, interest, laughter or shock.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.

One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.