The Civil Service Is A Bit Like

The Thought That My Mother Would Suddenly Be A Foreigner Would Upset Me Very Much.

Broadcasting Is Really Too Important To Be Left To The Broadcasters.

I Think The Truth Is That The Labour Party Isn't Believed Any More Because People Suspect It Will Say Anything To Get Votes. The Rebuilding Of Some Radical Alternatives To Thatcherism - And By That I Mean All-party Thatcherism - Will Require Us To Do Some Very Difficult Things

I'm Interested In Language. We Used To Call It The War Office. Then It Became The Ministry Of Defence. We Used To Talk About The Hydrogen Bomb, Now We Talk About A Deterrent. And The Language Is Very Cleverly Constructed To Give The Impression That It's Not What It Is.

Encouragement Is The Most Important Thing In The World For Young People, Rather Than League Tables, Which Demoralise Everyone.