Kenneth Clarke

“You can’t just go around arresting people and holding them without charge.”

“The idea that you can just walk away from the European Union is a fantasy.”

“I think the British public are a bit more grown-up than some of my colleagues give them credit for.”

“The key to a successful economy is stable, low inflation.”

“A hung parliament is not a constitutional crisis.”

“I am probably the most pro-American politician in the House of Commons.”

“You've got to be a bit of a bloody-minded bastard to get to the top in politics.”

“The public expects us to get on with the job, to deliver what we promised, and to govern in the national interest.”

“I've always been a one-nation Tory.”

“The single market is the most important thing we've got. It's the basis of our prosperity.”

“I have never believed in a federal superstate. I have always believed in a Europe of nation states.”