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.

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

It is the only time that I can ever remember the Prime Minister reading out the conclusions of a meeting that did not take place. They were already written before it started.

They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.

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

My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the "Brexit" referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result that we've seen in Britain.

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