Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.

All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which.

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

If life was what you made of it, then it could not be made for you.