There Is Something In Me That Makes

Failure, It Is Thought, Is What Sells, And What People Want To Hear And Read About. I Am Not So Sure.

The Royal Family's Existence Is A Constant Reminder Of The Hollowness Of John Major's Rhetoric, And Idiotic Statements By Its Leading Members A Constant Boost To The Republican Cause. They're Fine Opening Hospitals. It's When They Open Their Mouths They Get Into Trouble.

I Have A Nightmare About Tony [blair] And Gordon [brown] Killing Each Other. Not Every Month, But Now And Then. I Also Have A Recurring Dream About Losing.

My Aunty Says I'm The Double Of My Father. He Was A Workaholic, Which I've Definitely Inherited. And Like Me, He Could Be The Life And Soul Of The Party, But Also Quite Withdrawn.

Paul Keating Told Us Before We Were Elected That You Can Do Deals With [rupert] Murdoch Without Saying You Were Doing A Deal. Did We Do That Kind Of Thing? Maybe. But From Around About The Turn Of The Century, I Felt Strongly That We Had To Do Something About Media Ownership And Self-regulation. Tony [blair] Disagreed.