You Don't Forget Crises And Neither Does

You've Had An Extremely Weak Euro On The Foreign Exchange Markets, You've Had A Very Dubious Policy Being Followed.

I Can't Legislate To Change Human Nature.

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.

Of Course There Are Regrets. I Shall Regret Always That I Found My Own Authentic Voice In Politics. I Was Too Conservative, Too Conventional. Too Safe, Too Often. Too Defensive. Too Reactive. Later, Too Often On The Back Foot.

Only In Britain Could It Be Thought A Defect To Be Too Clever By Half. The Probability Is That Too Many People Are Too Stupid By Three-quarters.