All War Represents A Failure

The House Of Lords Is The British Outer Mongolia For Retired Politicians.

We Have Been In Recess Since July, And During That Time There Has Been A Fuel Crisis, A Danish No Vote, The Collapse Of The Euro And A War In The Middle East, But What Is Our Business Tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [lords]. It Ought To Be Called The Bankruptcy Bill [commons], Because We Play No Role.

There Is No Connection Between Imperialism And Democracy. I Mean When We Ran An Empire Which We Did When I Was Born, There Was No Democracy Anywhere.

The First World War Created The Second World War Because That Was A War Between Three Grandsons Of Queen Victoria: The King Of England, The Kaiser And The Tsar Married Queen Victoria's Granddaughter. And That Triggered Communism In Russia And Fascism In Germany And Led To The Second World War.

When Somebody Comes Up With A Progressive Idea, To Begin With, You're Mad, Bonkers. Then If You Go On, You're Dangerous. Then There's A Pause. Then You Can't Find Anyone Who Can Say They Thought Of It In The First Place. That's How Progress Is Made. This Is Why I Do Believe In The Vote. In The End, All These People Who've Been Tempted To The Right Realise The Warning Lights In Their Constituency Are Brighter Than The Bright Lights From No. 10 Offering Them Things.