No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands. Nor does any American President have power approaching this

When you think of the number of men in the world who hate each other, why, when two men love each other, does the church split?

If the Queen can reject the advice of a minister on a little thing like a postage stamp, what would happen if she rejected the advice of the Prime Minister on a major matter? If the Crown personally can reject advice, then, of course, the whole democratic facade turns out to be false

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

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change happens. It's very important not to differentiate protest from the democratic process.

Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten