...eel that they are part of a great nation and they are
prepared to will the means to keep it great, a great nation we
shall be, and shall remain. So, what can stop us from achieving
this? What then stands in our way? The prospect of another winter
of discontent? I suppose it might.
But I prefer to believe that certain lessons have been learnt from
experience, that we are coming, slowly, painfully, to an autumn of
understanding. And I hope that it will be followed by a winter of
common sense. If it is not, we shall not bediverted from our
course.
To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media
catchphrase, the "U" turn, I have only one thing to say. "You turn
if you want to. The lady's not for turning." I say that not only to
you but to our friends overseas and also to those who are not our
friends...
