There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

You can imagine the sign outside Tory central office. Shop closed - out to lunch.

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

There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.

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.

One has to live with the ignominy of a garish sticker slapped over one's face, proclaiming '?