Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.
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.
There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.
Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.
If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.
You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified.