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 can't legislate to change human nature.

I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

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

Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.