I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend. Mr Speaker, I am sorry for this. I have apologised to the Prime Minister, to the public, and, at the first opportunity available, to the House.
Liam FoxNew Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known.
Liam Fox