Quotes of the day 18th May 2015

".. there is a sort of political genius in being able to lose the Scots and terrify the English at the same time ..

"It was a great campaign except for in Scotland, England and Wales …”

(Michael Dugher, MP for Barnsley East, on Labour's campaign, as quoted in the Guardian here.)


"For the past week it looked like the wheels were coming off the Labour Party. Right now it looks as if the whole car is about to be dragged to the junk yard and pounded into scrap ..."

“Skipping a generation is all very nice,” one MP told me, “but that means finding someone who does actually know how to skip. All we’ve had so far is people tripping over the rope and falling flat on their face”.

(and on Europe)

 “There are some deep divisions on the issue that have been brushed under the carpet,” one MP explained, “but now someone’s nicked our broom.”

(Dan Hodges writing in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph here.)

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