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.

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

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.

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

Mrs Thatcher was not lightly bullied.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.