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“I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.”

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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

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The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

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A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

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I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer…

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You cannot think of Margaret without Denis. There comes a time when every Prime Minister needs someone to give him or her the unvarnished…

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I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.

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I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not…

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I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

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When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

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I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is…

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If is a very big preposition.

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