When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

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

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.

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.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

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