My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.

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

The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.

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.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.