Quotes

He asked, 'Do you ever come down to London? If you ever come down you must come to No10 and meet me and Sarah...' Well I just looked at him. I didn't like to say it, but all I could think was, 'I don't think you'll be there.'

Gillian Duffy 02/05/2010

Category: Mistakes, Winning & Losing, Wise words

Tags: Economics, Elections, Gillian Duffy, Humour, Mistakes, Winning & Losing, Wise words

I gave a figure, off the top of my head, of a billion to a billion-and-a-half. I stand by that figure.

Philip Hammond

on justifying his claim that Conservative plans would save £1.5bn despite the fact that the institute for Fiscal Studies estimate was half of that

Category: Conservative Party, Mistakes

Tags: Conservative Party, Humour, Mistakes, Philip Hammond, Political Parties

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Category: Conservative Party, Mistakes

Tags: Conservative Party, Humour, Mistakes, Political Parties

I am humble enough to recognise that I have made mistakes, but politically astute enough to have forgotten what they are.

Michael Heseltine 04/04/1992

Category: Mistakes

Tags: Humour, Michael Heseltine, Mistakes

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I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government.

Edward Heath

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