You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government.

The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money.

If the Europeans truly wish to improve their NATO contribution they can show it simply enough. They can establish professional armed forces, like those of the UK. And they can acquire more advanced technology. Indeed, unless that happens soon the gulf between the European and US capabilities will yawn so wide that it will not be possible to share the same battlefield. Alas, I do not think that sharing battlefields with our American friends - but rather disputing global primacy with them - is what European defence plans are truly about.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.

America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America to be free.