Tony Banks Quotes on Politics
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...so unpopular, if he became a funeral director people would stop dying
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He was a fairly competent chairman of Housing [on Lambeth Council]. Every time he gets up now I keep thinking, 'What on earth is Councillor Major doing?' I can't believe he's here and sometimes I think he can't either.
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To make matters worse, they have elected a foetus as the party leader. I bet a lot of them wish they had not voted against abortion now!
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Living proof that a pig's bladder on the end of a stick can be elected to Parliament
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At one point Portillo was polishing his jackboots and planning the next advance. And the next thing is he shows up as a TV presenter. It is rather like Pol Pot presenting the Teletubbies.
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Personally I wish the police had truncheoned the English fans to death, but I can't really say that on the record.
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I am finding the inherent politeness of this place quite destabilising. Having come from a House where politeness is about as rare as an orderly queue at a London bus stop, the culture shock on entering your Lordships' House has been profound. Indeed, such relentless politeness is not merely destabilising, but positively exhausting.
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If champagne ever wanted cheering up, it would drink Tony Banks.
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...one of the most charismatic politicians in Britain, a true man of the people.