Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the...

That’s what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.

When you’re in a hole, stop digging.

The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.

First of all, in our first period of office, we were concerned about the renovation of all those old properties you talked about.

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

If you’ve got an industry where you’ve got massive investment, it doesn’t matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry.

The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them.

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

I don’t make decisions by the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General makes the decisions in these matters. There’s not even a war either.

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.

In 1984, the miners’ union, which was down to about 180,000, was able to sustain a national industrial dispute for one year and four months.

There is progress taking place, growth is better. We’re only talking about two years there.

Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon.

Learn to think impartially.