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.

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

In politics, guts is all.

I will fight for what I believe in until I drop dead. And that's what keeps you alive.

Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you'll get used to it.

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.

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