I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

I keep telling my Tory colleagues: don't have any policies. A manifesto that has policies alienates people. In 1979 the manifesto said nothing which was brilliant.

The two super-powers cannot divide the world into their oyster.

Yes, I do talk to my trees. I did say to one 'You'd better smarten yourself up or you'll be gone' and the next year, well, you've never seen such a mass of flowers.

I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

I always knew that Neil Kinnock belonged in the economic nursery. Now, God help us we've got twins.