With the ministry's motto 'Research on a Shoestring' emblazoned on his coat of arms, he has to struggle with a treasury more interested in surtax relief than national survival. [Responding to an earlier statement by British Science Minister, Lord Hailsham, that British scientists were being recruited by the U.S.]

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

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

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.