‘As we stumble along, all we can do is trust our instincts. But that is precisely what our politicians fail to do’

‘Having been caught out lying about Jenny Tonge, Nick Clegg took refuge in objecting to a personal accusation of racism that had not been made’

‘The Tories want to help people save their local pub. I can do that by drinking in it. Shouldn't they be saving this country's sovereignty?’

‘The English Defence League say they aren't the British National Party. But some of them are members and I'll have nothing to do with them’

‘I know the Cameroons would like to forget Margaret Thatcher but that really doesn’t mean the rest of us have done so’

‘The British people have said for years that they don’t want mass immigration. The main parties ignored them. This is venality’

‘The Home Secretary’s job is huge, but it seems to have been reduced to the role of radio critic with a visa stamp’

‘Today, everyone is a progressive. Nobody says, “‘I'm entirely regressive myself.’”

‘The claims made for the Northern Irish peace process are unproven—but they are also unhelpful to the point of uselessness’

‘More of a fire fighter than a fire starter, Geert Wilders has been caught in the nightmare of a British establishment that can't tell the difference’