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Basically, he is happy with what he has done - Max Clifford, speaking for Bryce Taylor, who secretly took photographs of the Princess of Wales working out in his gym

Rarely has there been such an extraordinary display of hypocritical opportunism - the Daily Mirror on criticism of its publishing the pictures

I think it was a particularly sneaky trick frankly, and the bloke who did it has got to go down as one of the ratbags of the year - David Banks, editor of the 'Daily Mirror', on the gym photographs; he later agreed that the description fitted himself

Laura said she wanted to be an angel in the Christmas play - well, she has got her wish - Barbara Cooper, grandmother of five-year-old Laura Davies, whose life support machine was switched off this week after a series of transplant

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Such a policy may be politically correct, but it is legally incorrect - David Pannick QC, discussing Labour's plan to have women-only shortlists for candidates in some parliamentary seats

Now that the Tories have ceased to be a conservative party . . . there is a tremendous opening for Labour as the new conservative party, if only it could grasp it - Tony Wright, Labour MP

It was a like a war between two bald men fighting over a comb - Tam Dalyell, Labour MP, on the attitudes of Margaret Thatcher and General Galtieri to the Falklands conflict

There is a certain joy simply in giving away other people's money. This is what draws many people to politics - Auberon Waugh

It would be nice if it believed in God - Andrew Neil, editor of the 'Sunday Times', on the Church of England