When I Repress My Emotion My Stomach

The Prime Minister, Shortly After She Came Into Office, Received A Sobriquet As The 'iron Lady'. It Arose In The Context Of Remarks Which She Made About Defence Against The Soviet Union And Its Allies; But There Was No Reason To Suppose That The Right Honourable Lady Did Not Welcome And, Indeed, Take Pride In That Description. In The Next Week Or Two This House, The Nation And The Right Honourable Lady Herself, Will Learn Of What Metal She Is Made.

As I Look Ahead, I Am Filled With Foreboding. Like The Roman, I Seem To See "the River Tiber Foaming With Much Blood.

When I Repress My Emotion My Stomach Keeps Score.

As So Often, The Ordinary Rank And File Of The Electorate Have Seen A Truth, An Important Fact, Which Has Escaped So Many More Clever People - The Underlying Value Of That Which Is Traditional, Of That Which Is Prescriptive.

It Is One Of History's Most Mocking Ironies That The German Customs Union, Which Set Out To Dominate Europe And Conquer Britain In The Form Of Bismarckian Or Hitlerian Military Force, Has At Last Vanquished The Victor By Drawing Britain Into A Zollverein Which Comprises Western Europe And Aspires To Comprise The Mediterranean As Well. If The Ghosts Of The Hohenzollerns Come Back To Haunt This Planet, They Must Find A Lot To Laugh At.