When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia.

Having served in eleven Parliaments, it would be difficult to describe this as a maiden speech. It would be like Elizabeth Taylor appearing at her next wedding in a white gown.

When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia.

Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation...

The quickest way to get to the top in society probably is to be a Blair Babe now. And then all of a sudden you find you're invited to parties. I don't want to be cynical, because I'm not. But I've seen it happen to so many people who move from the left to the right so damn quickly.

If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?

The one thing that unites Sunni, Shiites and Kurds is they want the Americans out.