The logic of what they are saying is that there shouldn't be any limit at all and that we should have quite unlimited detention without charge. |
There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day. |
There's a great desire, at a time when the country faces such great danger, to work together. We're all in this together, and we all believe it's very important to show that the country is united in response to the danger we face, and we hope that it will be possible to reach agreement on further measures that will enable us to deal with this threat more effectively. |
This grammar school boy is not going to take any lessons from a public school boy on children from less privileged backgrounds. |
This is not just a disaster for South Asia. It is a British disaster, too. |
We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation. |
We didn't win - and let's be honest with each other: We didn't even come close to winning. |
We have consistently said that a 28-day period of detention is the maximum period that we would support. |
We have made it absolutely clear. We think 28 days is the absolute limit of what should be permitted. |
We have seen the slow seepage of his authority turn into a hemorrhage. |
We see very considerable difficulties in that; that's a long time to hold someone without charge. |
We'll make up as many games as we can to keep the season balanced. |
We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us. |
What (Winston) Churchill did in wartime, Margaret Thatcher did in peacetime. |
What Gordon Brown has done is attempt to sabotage this report before it is even published. We should allow Lord Turner to present his report and then debate his findings in a proper and constructive way and a way that will try to aim for consensus, but that is not Gordon Brown's way of doing things. |