Nobody likes a smart alec. Which is why it’s always better for your career to be wrong and in company rather than right and on your own. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
There is sort of a hobbit-like element to a lot of British people. They don’t want to be told something until they have worked it out for themselves. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
The ‘EU in a Nutshell’ is a miscellany of facts and anecdotes about the system which rules us. It’s a book you can delve into in pursuit of a particular fact, or crack open for entertainment at virtually any page. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
After Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, I spoke at a tribute meeting organised by her supporters in a pub next to St Paul’s. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
Every human on the planet is descended from both slaves and slave owners. What makes Britain unusual is not that we engaged in the disgusting trade, but that we eliminated it. Our political institutions led us, earlier than many, to the conclusion that freedom was the highest virtue. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
There comes a point when threats become so overblown that they serve to irk rather than to frighten. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
I am not the Conservative Party’s health care spokesman. I’m fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader. Daniel Hannan Read Quote
On any measure, Spain’s bank rescue has been a disaster. A hundred million euros have been added to the national debt, ten-year bonds are at a record high and the country’s credit rating has been downgraded three notches. Daniel Hannan Read Quote