I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.

No one did more singlehandedly to smash the BNP in Britain than me.

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

The European Union is becoming more economically feeble every year.

Vibrant political parties are vital to the health of our democracy.

This is not going to be business as usual. This is business unusual

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.

We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.

She ( Margaret Thatcher )is democratic enough to talk down to anyone

We remain fully committed to introducing a cap on social care costs.

The SNP talks a lot - but they have proved that they cannot deliver.

When [Theresa May] says something she means it and she gets her way.

I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.

To tackle the scourge of young unemployment we need to be ambitious.

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.

Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.

Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change.

Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime.

The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned.

Trade deal negotiations are highly complicated and take a long time.

If you have enough room for your books, you don't have enough books.

Teachers tell me that they'd like to work more closely with parents.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour.

Sustainable development: Holding our world in trust for our children

I have been called a great many things in my time – that's politics.

Whatever the polls do between now and then, winning is what matters.

The only way to keep the British economy secure is to leave the E.U.

For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country.

Labour accepts that the European Court of Human Rights needs reform.

The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind

My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.

The NHS is a national organisation, but it is best delivered locally.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

I'd always been the kind of lawyer that was attracted back to policy.

There is no reason why the US and the UK cannot have close relations.

Britain has a lot of wind. It's our wind. We don't have to import it.

I think that Hassan Nasrallah is the best leader in the Muslim world.

Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions.

It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

Under New Labour, only the future is certain. The past keeps changing

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

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