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

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.

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.

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.