Geoffrey [Howe] and I were mates, and he disagreed with [ Margaret Thatcher] position. So, we cooperated surreptitiously.

I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.

The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.

[John Howard] led the Government. They had the numbers, and just basically automatically went along with the Americans.

I don't know who described Mahathir [bin Mohamad] as a pillar of the Commonwealth, but they don't know what they're talking about.

As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa.

Don't talk to me about what's happened since [Nelson] Mandela! His successor was absolutely hopeless - "no such thing as AIDS" - and this present President... It's a tragedy, you know, what's happened there post-Mandela, because he was an iconic figure.