It is wholly unhealthy for us as a Parliament to give this government unseen powers over the citizen and over the way in which he conducts his or her life.

they think of themselves as British. They don't need a government minister to tell them how to describe themselves?

This Government has tied our police up in so much red tape that instead of being on the streets dealing with crime they now spend half their time at their desks.

Week by week the government has had to change their case on ID cards as more and more defects are revealed.

The government has a problem it cannot ignore -- a single-colored parliament elected amid a gigantic abstention.

The European Parliament has sold itself cheaply...What we now have is that we have given the tools to government prosecutors to do what they want.