I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

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.

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.

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

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.