Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

You cannot think of Margaret without Denis. There comes a time when every Prime Minister needs someone to give him or her the unvarnished truth, and, in Denis, Margaret had just that.

Political suicide can end a career.

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

[on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.