If I really believed in Friedman's economic theory, then I'd be quite satisfied to spend the rest of my life with a garden hose shoved down my throat, being filled with custard by representatives of the people of China. — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
I was frequently embarrassed by the way Margaret conducted herself within the European Community. Her tactics were counter-productive and damaging to the UK's interests.… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
Hopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
Gradual and moderate warming brings benefits as well as incurring costs. These benefits and costs will not, of course, be felt uniformly throughout the… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it. — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern. — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
Not only is the Kyoto approach to global warming wrong-headed, the climate change establishment's suppression of dissent and criticism is little short of a… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill. — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
