I'm either the witch or Lady Macbeth of English politics, but someone gotta wear the pants in England when others wearing kilts

I am convinced that there is little force left in the Marxist stimulus to revolution. Its impetus is petering out as the practical failures of the doctrine become more obvious...What is left is a technique of subversion and a collection of catch-phrases. The former is still dangerous. Like terrorism, it is a menace that needs to be fought whenever it occurs.

I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.

I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to.

Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.

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.

What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?