Aura Quote by Linda Colley

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

MPs and all public servants are human beings with friends, families and loved ones - families did not choose to be in the public…

— Rachel Reeves

In short, that politicians do or don't have families should no longer have any bearing on their abilities to hold office or to care…

— Jess Phillips

Incredibly, a typical town hall official spends 85% of their time satisfying ministers in Whitehall and a puny 15% of the day for local…

— Grant Shapps

British prime ministers and prime ministers' spouses and children are together becoming ever more like first families. They need to be given sufficient resources…

— Linda Colley

It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.

— Mencius

Westminster is gripped by a fanatical race towards a cliff-edge Brexit and nobody is stopping to think about the impact it would have on…

— Sam Gyimah

When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.

— Pierre Trudeau

When in that House MPs divide/If they've a brain and cerebellum, too/They've got to leave that brain outside/And vote just as their leaders tell…

— W. S. Gilbert

I think it's absolutely extraordinary that any Conservative MP considered even for one minute installing Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street.

— Grant Shapps

Tory governments are bad for Scotland.

— Nicola Sturgeon

It is a British legacy that we have such a strict hierarchy that we can't even write a letter to our PM.

— Arvind Kejriwal