In politics a week is a very long time.

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.