I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up…

- Kenneth Clarke

The Conservative Party have got to ask themselves, 'How do we persuade people who at the moment are voting Labour and Liberal Democrat to vote Conser…

- Kenneth Clarke

I am certainly not a blogger. Quite a large proportion of them are nuts and extremists - with the honourable exception of the culture secretary.

- Kenneth Clarke

With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of 9:1 could be in favour of a ban in my constit…

- Kenneth Clarke

I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe

- Kenneth Clarke

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

- Kenneth Clarke

Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.

- Kenneth Clarke

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

- Kenneth Clarke

However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies in our legal system.

- Kenneth Clarke