Margaret Thatcher drove us like there was no tomorrow. But I think there is a genuine feeling now that this macho, workaholic, earn lots of money way of life has run its course. There has been a shift in attitude. People are looking for a more balanced approach.

May I say that my Right Honourable Friend the Prime Minister is looking jolly nice today?

The Labour Party is being led by a woman but she has not been elected to anything. She is the lady who makes the breakfast in the Kinnock household.

My message to the businessmen of this country when they go abroad on business is there is one thing above all they can take with them to stop catching Aids - and that is the wife.

I won't claim the workhouses didn't have their problems, but they were set up by people who cared.

One man's priority is another man's extravagence.