Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

There are some of us... who will fight and fight and fight again to save the Party we love.

We have suffered neither a landslide nor a disaster, but a setback.

I've been through hundreds of people working for us because I fancy them all - there is something wrong with me. I like that whole thing about being the boss.

This allows us to forget the crisis in the team. People talk more now about what's happening in offices than on the road,

We get worked up over trivia, while pushing the real problems facing us under the carpet. Firstly, most people forget that the stricture against depicting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in an illustration applies only to Muslims. Secondly, the offending (and offensive) cartoons first appeared in September without provoking a reaction except for some mild protests.