He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.

The Prime Minister wins debate after debate and loses battle after battle. The country is beginning to say that he fights debates like a war and the war like a debate.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who cultivate the land.

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

Advertising is 'an evil service'.