(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
I have never found criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
It's no use crying over spilt summits.
It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist.