The British public sees with blinding clarity.
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.
You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.
Mrs Thatcher was not lightly bullied.
In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.
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.