The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place.

If you’re in a hole, stop digging.

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.