The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.

My message to businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is that there is one thing above all they can take with them to stop them catching AIDS, and that is the wife.

Small, short-sighted, blonde, barbed - she reminds me of a bright little hedgehog.

One man's priority is another man's extravagence.

The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.

Margaret Thatcher drove us like there was no tomorrow. But I think there is a genuine feeling now that this macho, workaholic, earn lots of money way of life has run its course. There has been a shift in attitude. People are looking for a more balanced approach.

The Labour Party is being led by a woman but she has not been elected to anything. She is the lady who makes the breakfast in the Kinnock household.