"There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside."
"Project managers who believe that closing down a project will wreck their careers are tempted to carry on in the hope they will have a slight chance of saving their reputations. Both courses carry the risk of disaster for those responsible for a project, but one—abandonment—is often far better for the company."
"[On concerns over reputed rising authoritarianism in the UK] Were never going to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, despite all the waffling on about it. Its not going to happen. So there’s always that backstop."
"He works incredibly hard but he always likes to take August off."
"If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy."
"Hes the only man I know who can swagger while sitting down."
"Nobody has ever pretended that this will be easy. I have always said that this negotiation will be tough, complex and, at times, confrontational."