Children Themselves Know They Are Being Cheated.

You Come Home To Find Your 17-year-old Daughter Engrossed In A Book. Which Would Delight You More - If It Were 'twilight' Or 'middlemarch?'

I Felt We Needed Someone To Lead This Country Who Believed Heart And Soul In Leaving The European Union.

Why ... Do The Myths Of America The Hateful Take Such Powerful Hold? Because Anti-americanism Provides A Useful Emotional Function Which Goes Beyond Logic And Reaches Deep Into The Darker Recesses Of The European Soul. In Centuries Past Those On The Left Who Wished To Personalise Their Hatred Of Capitalism, Who Sought To Make It Emotionally Resonant By Fastening An Envious Political Passion On To A Blameless Scapegoat People, Embraced Anti-semitism. It Was The Socialism Of Fools. Which Is What Anti-americanism Is Now.

I Notice That The Number Of Cosmetic-surgery Operations Has Risen By 34 Per Cent In The Past Year. Once We Subtract Jordan, Jodie Marsh And Michael Jackson From Those Figures, We Can See That Demand Overall May Have Stabilised.

I Am Delighted By The Support I Have Received From Colleagues. It Reflects The Optimistic Message That I've Been Putting Forward.