Quotes About British Politics - 2

'It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.'
William Whitelaw MP, 1975

I got fed up with all the sex and sleaze and backhanders of rock and roll so I went into politics. - Tony Blair Nov 1994

Being wrong is one of the privileges of public life, and indeed it is widely practised. - Tony Benn Labour member of Parliament, Feb 1995.

Are you depressed, unhappy, suicidal? Then think what it's like for me as a Conservative candidate. - John Kelly local-government politician, Manchester, April 1995.

It's like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank. - Roger Lyons trade-union leader, on Michael Portillo's appointment as employment secretary, Aug 1994.

You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own. - John Major to German chancellor Helmut Kohl at G7 summit meeting in Halifax, June 1995.

I went to Rio for the day once, not so much for environmentally friendly reasons but more to help British industry to export weapons of mass destruction. I regret that I was unsuccessful in securing the necessary contract. - Neil Hamilton UK junior trade minister, April 1994.

I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective. - The late John Smith UK Labour Party leader, July 1993.

He doesn't remember any silent days in motion pictures - the director always yelled.

You can find more quotations like this one in the Arthur Baer category.