The Civil Service Is A Bit Like

She Believes In Something. It Is An Old-fashioned Idea

When I Think Of Cool Britannia I Think Of Old People Dying Of Hypothermia.

People Would Do Well To Ask Themselves How Many Of Their Ambitions And Aspirations Derive From The Type Of Economic System They Inhabit And The Insecurity And Exhaustion It Creates, And Question The Sense And Purpose Of A Society Where Control Of A Large Portion Of Life Is Abdicated Under Contract In The Labour Market, And Where Immense Creativity And Potential Is Stifled By The Need To Do Difficult And Repetitive Tasks In Order To Earn A Wage.

I Did Publish A Bill Once Called "common Sense" With A New Constitution For Europe Called The "commonwealth Of Europe," Setting It All Out - What It's Rights Were, How It Would Work. And I Think That That Will Be Where Is Has To Go. But I'm Not Anti-european, I'm Just A Democrat, A Very Committed Democrat. I Don't See Why The Hell I Should Obey A Law Made By Someone I Didn't Elect And Can't Remove.

If You're Going To Make Sense Of Politics You Have To Have A Historical Perspective And Also Recognise That You Have To Work With People You Don't Agree With.