You Don't Forget Crises And Neither Does

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.

"government Gets Things Right" Does Not Encourage Sales. "government Makes Another Blunder" Does Encourage Sales, So There's A Commercial Imperative That Pushes Sensationalism.

I Don't Have A Shred Of Regret About Entering The Exchange-rate Mechanism.

I Would Rather Go While I Am Being Urged To Stay, Than To Stay Beyond The Time When I Should Go.

If You Look Back Historically, Admittedly A Long Time Ago, There Were Three Afghan Wars In Which Britain Didn't Even Come A Good Second. In More Recent Years The Russians Were There With 120,000 Men For Ten Years.