Bonfire night Quote by Anonymous

Today, people call each other 'guys' - this derives from Guy Fawkes, the bomb-making terrorist. No greater tribute has ever been paid to anyone…

— Michael Leunig

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

— Robert Baden-Powell

“Then you know it was a failed act of terrorism. What’s to celebrate? Now,’ he said,”

— T.M.E. Walsh

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.

— Jeremy Corbyn

Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the news. As…

— Grant Shapps

I don't think there have been many dull celebrations after any of my hundreds for England. It's been an emotional time for me over…

— Jonny Bairstow

What I was excited about was the opportunity for punters to be part of politics. The whole idea was to allow the voices of…

— Laura Kuenssberg

We should have a date of celebration. Celebratin' God's best creation.

— WillIAm

Sometimes it seems to me that the celebration of a person is really just a prelude to ridicule.

— Matthew Specktor

“Rule Britannia, a bunch of thugs had been sing-shouting in the street at the weekend past Elisabeth's flat. Britannia rules the waves. First we'll…

— Ali Smith

“But the "celebrate" was an astonishing disappointment to me. If he had been behind a screen I should have supposed they were performing a…

— Mark Twain

Parliaments have stopped laughing at woman suffrage, and politicians have begun to dodge! It is the inevitable premonition of coming victory.

— Carrie Chapman Catt