“The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics” CountryStatesPoliticsBritishDepressingBritish PoliticsMost Depressing Author:Clare Short
“Take all your dukes and marquesses and earls and viscounts, pack them into one chamber, call it the House of Lords to satisfy their pride and then strip it of all political power. It's a solution so perfectly elegant and preposterous that only the British could have managed it.” MenAgePoliticalHousePoliticsLordPowerPrideSolutionsBritishPacksElegantChamberPolitical PowerDukesHouse Of Lords Author:Charles Krauthammer
“It's important for people not to hold a high opinion of politicians, and one of the strengths of the British is that they don't on the whole... The danger begins when people start admiring politicians.” PeopleArtImportantWholeAgePoliticsOpinionStrengthDangerPoliticianAngerBritishAdmiring Author:Richard Ingrams