Nicholas Soames

“As the world has grown bigger for our country, the opportunities greater, the chances more glittering for our commerce and our people, too many of those who practice politics have taken a cramped and limited view of Europe and the rest of the world.”

“If you ask a soldier what is the key to this confidence, they will likely answer their discipline and their training.”

“I bridled strongly when Labour introduced their Right to Roam, fearing that it would be misused by the hard Left to stir up unnecessary trouble in the countryside. In fact, greater access to the uplands has been a very good thing.”

“Churchill's career was littered with oratorical disasters when he misjudged the audience.”

“The idea that the British carried out hundreds of war crimes in Iraq is, of course, utterly without foundation and grossly unfair.”

“Boris Johnson's experience in life is telling a lot of porkies about the European Union in Brussels and then becoming prime minister.”

“My family have a long story of service to our country.”

“Winston Churchill was like Winston Churchill because of his experiences in life.”

“The whole social media can destroy people overnight.”

“My job is to be an MP. It's not just about Europe.”

“To be dubbed by my sovereign is an absolutely wonderful honour for me and my family.”

“I'm not going to pretend to be anything I'm not.”

“We must find a credible route through Brexit to build a better country and go forward together.”

“I never thought I would hear Labour and Scottish Nationalist ministers in both Westminster and Holyrood publicly recognise the environmental benefits of good grouse moor management.”

“I think this country is genuinely a meritocracy.”

“To engage all sides of Parliament in a common national cause is not unpatriotic.”

“Schengen cannot survive without the most dramatic reform, and the external borders of Europe must be rapidly strengthened.”

“One hopes that good, sensible and brave people will continue to go into public life at all levels.”

“I'm not optimistic for my country. I don't see how we're ever going to project our influence and our standing and our power outside the E.U. Britain's voice is going to diminish, I'm afraid.”

“Game-keepers on grouse moors control common predators such as foxes and crows and this gives wading birds a much greater chance of breeding successfully.”