Naturally, it is with some temerity that the pupil speaks before the master, because you know more about the Common Market than anybody.

It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a world without nuclear weapons. Let me be practical about it. The knowledge is there to make them. So do not go too hard for that pie in the sky because, while everyone would like to see it, I do not believe it is going to come about.

Do you think you would ever have heard of Christianity if the Apostles had gone out and said, ‘I believe in consensus?’

My job is to stop Britain from going red.

As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I hate those strident tones we hear from some Women's Libbers.