A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.

The picture of Prince Charles meeting Gerry Adams is inexpressibly sad.

Fear is good and useful when it's deployed on the side of common sense.

Our education system teaches the young what to think, not how to think. And if you ever wonder why so many things don't work properly any more, or why you can't get any sense out of so many organisations, this is one of the main reasons.

MPs do not work for you. They work for the lobbyists who have bought their parties.

I hate cars and wish they had never been invented. I try to use them only when I absolutely have to.

For every cyclist who jumps a red light, a thousand drivers break speed limits or gape dangerously at their smartphones while driving.

If you know something damaging about a major political figure, then, in a democracy, it is surely your duty to tell the voters before they go to the polls.

We say we want politicians who are open and honest. And then, when we get one, we angrily pelt him with slime until he cringes to the mob, starts hiding his real views, and hires a spin doctor just like all the others.

Man without conscience is wilder and more dangerous than any beast.

If I never again had to read or write a word about homosexuals, I would be very happy.

Mr. Corbyn reminds mature people of the days when the big parties really differed. He impresses the young because he doesn't patronise them, and obviously believes what he says.

In a supposedly free and equal country, there is no excuse for our rulers having VIP treatment. On the contrary, there is every reason for them to get what we get, hot and strong.

The BBC TV programme 'Back In Time For Dinner' doesn't just have one of the cleverest titles ever. It is a more-than-usually-serious attempt to recreate the recent past, the day before yesterday.

Nobody under the age of 55 should be able to stand for election, and nobody under the age of 30 should be able to vote in those elections.

The sad truth is that mass migration, whatever the colour of the skins of those involved, upsets and worries indigenous people, especially the poorest.

Fat does not make you fat.

News isn't just what happens. It's what a fairly small group of people decide is news.

What is the point of the police if wrongdoers aren't afraid of them?

If you really want to conceal something, leave it lying about where everyone can see it.

At every future election, there should be a slot, at the top of each ballot paper, in which we can put a cross against 'None of the below.'

A referendum is almost always a device by which governments get the voters to endorse what they wanted to do all along.

Nobody under 55 knows anything much about life. Nobody under 30 knows anything.

If tough old Lefty Helen Mirren can warm towards the Crown after impersonating Her Majesty, who's next? Since reigning and acting have so much in common, it's surprising all actors aren't fervent royalists.