I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.

We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.

There has always been, and there always will be, an economic cycle.

The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.

I was frequently embarrassed by the way Margaret conducted herself within the European Community. Her tactics were counter-productive and damaging to the UK's interests. On most issues her approach was foolish. Her style and tone of voice came to irk the others so much that they instinctively sank their differences and joined forces against her.

If I really believed in Friedman's economic theory, then I'd be quite satisfied to spend the rest of my life with a garden hose shoved down my throat, being filled with custard by representatives of the people of China.

Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are rightly regarded in most countries as an environmental monstrosity.