Businessmen should stand or fall on their own two feet.

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.

If someone asks for a soft drink at a party, we no longer think he is a wimp.

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.

I won't claim the workhouses didn't have their problems, but they were set up by people who cared.

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

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