Other countries have far greater problems than we have.

There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

I said it three times actually.

You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified.

We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for the nation as a whole.