It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.

In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw - something which today's feminists have largely dissipated.

We must not fall into the mistake of thinking that it is America that trades with Taiwan or Europe that trades with Asia. The truth is that it is American companies that trade with Taiwanese companies.

It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.

We went back on a very similar manifesto to things I believe in. The difference is that after eighteen months to two years he did the biggest U-turn on policy of all time and started to go the wrong way. In the end, that cost us the next election.

Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.