Life Is Full Of Surprises.

If You Look At Things That Really Affect People's Lives - Sport, The Arts, Charities - They Were Always At The Back Of The Queue For Government Money - Health, Social Security, Defence, Pensions Were All Way Ahead. And Each Of Those Areas - Sports, The Arts, The Lottery - Got Relatively Petty Cash From The Government.

Only In Britain Could It Be Thought A Defect To Be Too Clever By Half. The Probability Is That Too Many People Are Too Stupid By Three-quarters.

I Think We Can Get Respect For Parliament Back Providing Governments And Oppositions Are Frank.

I Think The Majority Of The British People Are Still Sanguine About The Need For War.

My Father Was 64 When I Was Conceived, My Mother 38, Which Was Late For Babies In The 1940s.