I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.

I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male colleagues to think they would be particualrly impressed.

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.

In politics, guts is all.

Why get rid of Chamberlain to put in Halifax? It's like getting rid of the organ-grinder to put in the monkey.

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.