I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
HAROLD WILSONIf I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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