Denis MacShane Quotations

Anti-European politicians tell more myths and fantasies about Europe than you can find in Harry Potter or The Da Vinci Code.

We do seem to bicker and bicker. Sometimes I feel we're like an old married couple, who think occasionally of murdering each other - but never of divorce.

Old ideas from an old man about an old vision of Europe.

I don't care what color his socks are, or what color sheets he sleeps between. Christopher Meyer ... has broken some of the absolutely first rules of confidence a senior public servant has.

I find it hard to believe France does not want to bolster the authority of the United Nations... but the United Nations must solve this problem, not just put it off.

He never used the phrase 'ethical foreign policy'; instead, he said there should be an 'ethical dimension' to foreign policy.

He seemed young and decisive, able to make the shift from guerrilla leader to political leader, rather like Michael Collins of the Irish Republican Army did in the early 1920s.

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities,

The thought that... I would say anything on the euro other than what's the government's position is absolutely barmy.

The British policy since the start of this crisis has been to reinforce the authority of the United Nations.

They sometimes give the impression, have done for years, that there's an Anglo-Saxon world out there waiting to do them down. Just as much as our anti-Europeans think there's a Franco-German plot to do down the Brits in Europe

You can't put one of the world's best living novelists on trial and say this is just growing pains.

The Marty report has more holes than a Swiss cheese. It is sad that Mr Marty refuses to accept the categorical denials of the Polish and Romanian governments.