It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of Germany but of all continental Europe.

The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.