Biography

[to Nigel Farage] It seems that you are yearning for a country that has moved on.

[on the death of Princess Diana] Those of us who are old enough will never forget that week. We knew it was an extraordinary moment at the time. It felt like a turning point in national character, we became more outwardly emotional and vocal about it, demanding, almost, expressions of feelings.

If I ran the system, honours would go to people whose material compensation vastly under-rewards them for their achievements.

[on the Brexit negotiations in 2018] Too many people have been watching Darkest Hour (2017) and Churchill [Winston Churchill] going into the subway and the Metro, the tube, and the public rallying around him saying fight it out, don't give in.