Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.
The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much.
The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.
I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner
I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis of personal liberty.
The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another wind moves it in a different direction