One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

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.]

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

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

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