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Tony Banks, Baron Stratford
19 quotes
“She behaves with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She is a half-mad old bag lady. The Finchley Whinger.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...so unpopular, if he became a funeral director people would stop dying”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks", BBC News (8 January 2006).
“He was a fairly competent chairman of Housing [on Lambeth Council]. Every time he gets up now I keep thinking, "What on earth is Councillor Major doing?" I can't believe he's here and sometimes I think he can't either.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Right Hon wag", The Guardian (10 January 2006).
“Since the great days of Jimmy Greaves, it's the only time anyone's managed to score five times in a Chelsea shirt.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: after a newspaper story appeared in 1992 falsely claiming then Conservative cabinet minister David Mellor, his close friend and fellow Chelsea fan, wore football kit during sex. The claim was invented by the publicist M…
Also quoted by: David Mellor
“To make matters worse, they have elected a foetus as the party leader. I bet a lot of them wish they had not voted against abortion now!”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comment on both the Conservative Party leader William Hague and the abortion debate at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting (1997).
Also quoted by: William Hague
“That this House is appalled, but barely surprised, at the revelations in M15 files regarding the bizarre and inhumane proposals to use pigeons as flying bombs; recognises the important and live-saving role of carrier pigeons in two world wars and wonders at the lack of gratitude towards these gentle creatures; and believes that humans represent the most obscene, perverted, cruel, uncivilised and lethal species ever to inhabit the planet and looks forward to the day when the inevitable asteroid slams into the earth and wipes them out thus giving nature the opportunity to start again.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 1255 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: EDM (Early Day Motion) 1255 proposed by Tony Banks in the House of Commons (21 May 2004); quoted by Parliamentary Information Management Service.
“I have gone to a safe house, as they say, so I might as well have a different name”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Banks changes name for Lords life", BBC News (23 June 2005).
“I found it intellectually numbing, tedious in the extreme. All you were was a sort of high-powered social worker and perhaps not even a good one. So I won't miss that.”
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Recorded in: Obituary: Tony Banks", BBC News (9 January 2006).
“Living proof that a pig's bladder on the end of a stick can be elected to Parliament”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tony Banks close to death after stroke", The Independent (online edition, 8 January 2006).
“At one point Portillo was polishing his jackboots and planning the next advance. And the next thing is he shows up as a TV presenter. It is rather like Pol Pot presenting the Teletubbies.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tribune Rally, September 1997; The Right Hon wag, The Guardian (10 January 2006).
“I think my exact words were "Fuck me!”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Obituary, The Daily Telegraph (9 January 2006).
“We'll look back and wonder who were these barbarous people, just like we look back at those who supported bull-baiting”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tony Banks close to death after stroke", The Independent (online edition, 8 January 2006).
“Personally I wish the police had truncheoned the English fans to death, but I can’t really say that on the record.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hopes fade for Tony Banks after holiday stroke", The Times (8 January 2006).
“I am finding the inherent politeness of this place quite destabilising. Having come from a House where politeness is about as rare as an orderly queue at a London bus stop, the culture shock on entering your Lordships' House has been profound. Indeed, such relentless politeness is not merely destabilising, but positively exhausting.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: maiden speech to the House of Lords (20 July 2005); quoted by United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service
“I could have been a serious athlete, only to have my promise cut short when I discovered Woodbines and women. Thankfully I have long since given up the former, and the latter have long since given up on me—except, of course, for the lovely Lady Stratford, who for reasons beyond my comprehension still tolerates my presence.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: maiden speech to the House of Lords (20 July 2005); quoted by United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service.
“More people have probably died from eating dodgy Chinese food than contracting some form of avian flu. The last thing we want is for the Daleks from Defra to start suggesting that they want to exterminate wildlife—as is their normal response when confronted with such a problem. We do not want any proposal that migrating birds are going to be destroyed because of alarmist figures and notions that appear in the Tory press.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: House of Lords debate on "bird flu" (26 October 2005); quoted by United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service.
“If champagne ever wanted cheering up, it would drink Tony Banks.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stephen Pound, MP; quoted on the Today programme, 9 January 2006.
“...one of the most charismatic politicians in Britain, a true man of the people.”
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source