I Hate Putting Up Taxes.

If We Have To Prove Our Europeanism By Accepting That French Is The Dominant Language In The Community, Then My Answer Is Quite Clear, And I Will Say It In French In Order To Prevent Any Misunderstanding: Non, Merci Beaucoup .

A Leader Must Have The Courage To Act Against An Expert's Advice.

We Used To Think That You Could Spend Your Way Out Of A Recession And Increase Employment By Cutting Taxes And Boosting Government Spending. I Tell You In All Candour That That Option No Longer Exists, And In So Far As It Ever Did Exist, It Only Worked On Each Occasion Since The War By Injecting A Bigger Dose Of Inflation Into The Economy, Followed By A Higher Level Of Unemployment As The Next Step.

It Is Quite Clear From What Has Been Said And Written That, Time After Time After Time, There Has Been A Conspiracy Between The Conservative Front Bench In This House And The Inbuilt Conservative Majority In The House Of Lords To Defeat Legislation That Has Passed Through The House Of Commons... I Warn The House Of Lords Of The Consequences... It Is Our Strong View That The House Of Lords Should Recall That Its Role Is Not That Of A Wrecking Chamber, But Of A Revising Chamber. In Recent Weeks, It Has Been Wrecking Legislation Passed By This House.

There Is Not A Single Injustice In Northern Ireland That Is Worth The Loss Of A Single British Soldier Or A Single Irish Citizen Either.