To Be Alive At All Involves Some

Britain's Most Useful Role Is Somewhere Between Bee And Dinosaur.

A Foreign Secretaryand This Applies Also To A Prospective Foreign Secretaryis Always Faced With This Cruel Dilemma. Nothing He Can Say Can Do Very Much Good, And Almost Anything He May Say May Do A Great Deal Of Harm. Anything He Says That Is Not Obvious Is Dangerous; Whatever Is Not Trite Is Risky. He Is Forever Poised Between The Cliche And The Indiscretion.

You Can Hardly Say Boo To A Goose In The House Of Commons Now Without Cries Of "ungentlemanly," "not Fair" And All The Rest.

I Read A Great Number Of Press Reports And Find Comfort In The Fact That They Are Nearly Always Conflicting.

No Man Should Ever Lose Sleep Over Public Affairs.