My New Book of Political Quotations

My new book is published today. It's called 500 OF THE MOST WITTY, ACERBIC & ERUDITE THINGS EVER SAID ABOUT POLITICS - perhaps the longest book title in history, but it does what it says on the tin. And the great thing is, it only costs £7.99 in hardback (or £6.79 if you order it HERE).

Here are a dozen of my favourite quotations included in the book, some of which you may not have come across before...

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self respect - Matthew
Parris

In politics you get what you deserve rather than what you want - Cecil
Parkinson

You have to be in the arena to make a difference - Richard Nixon

Whenever I am told that politicians are the lowest form of human life, I
thank God I am not an estate agent - Jack Straw

I have always believed that a government had a limited capapcity to do good
and a virtually infinite capacity to do harm - Neil Hamilton

I have more government than I want, more government than I need and more
government than I can afford - John Redwood

The Labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another,
they get to keep the Liberal Party - Clive Anderson

The Tory Party never panics- except in a crisis - Sir John Hoskyns

There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people -
Jack Kemp

Poverty is considered quaint in rural areas because it comes thatched -
John Gummer

Peter Mandelson is someone who can skulk in broad daylight - Simon
Hoggart

I'm used to being unpopular. I'm a Conservative and I'm from Wales - Nigel
Evans MP