If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.

Life is full of surprises.

Some people eat eggs, I wear them.

They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.

I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.