The worst country I ever lived in, the old U.S.S.R., was crammed with privileges for the political elite. They had their own hospital, their own shops, country houses, and blocks of flats, special lanes on the streets so they could… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
Direct Grants, private schools which took huge numbers of state pupils, involved effective co-operation between state and private sectors - a thing all modern… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
Actually, I never wanted an E.U. referendum, and I think those who called for it will one day wish they hadn't. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
I hate cars and wish they had never been invented. I try to use them only when I absolutely have to. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
What we need and have not got at Westminster are real experience and wisdom, possessed by people who do not view politics as a… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
As I am actually partly Cornish, I am frequently tempted to start some sort of Cornish liberation front in the Home Counties, where our… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
Terrorists are overjoyed when we shut down our freedoms and turn ourselves into a police state and when we retaliate, swatting the Middle East… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
Comprehensive schools, as too few understand, have never been designed to improve education. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
If you want a day free of work, you must expect others to have the same privilege. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
The giant fraud that is Britain's education system strides ever onwards, messing up many more lives than it improves. — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
The worst country I ever lived in, the old U.S.S.R., was crammed with privileges for the political elite. They had their own hospital, their… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share
If a man's reputation can be destroyed in an afternoon by a secret kangaroo court, then we, too, can one day be propelled into… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share