Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.

I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in.

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

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.