The Peace Movement Didn't Stop The Iraq

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.

We Have Been In Recess Since July, And During That Time There Has Been A Fuel Crisis, A Danish No Vote, The Collapse Of The Euro And A War In The Middle East, But What Is Our Business Tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [lords]. It Ought To Be Called The Bankruptcy Bill [commons], Because We Play No Role.

If I Rescued A Child From Drowning, The Press Would No Doubt Headline The Story: 'benn Grabs Child

I Think If Journalists Were Responsible For International Policy We'd Have A Nuclear War Every Week.

Bush Is Actually Encouraging The Spread Of Nuclear Weapons Because The One Thing I Do Know Is If Iran Did Have Nuclear Weapons They Wouldn't Be Threatening Them.