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.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

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.

Mrs Thatcher was not lightly bullied.

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

The market has no morality

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