John Morley: “To speak frankly, it seemed to me that the Queen’s peculiar faculty and habit of conversation had disappeared.”

This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.

What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.

With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.

But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.