I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

Political suicide can end a career.

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.