Alan
Clark's roguish recollections
Clark
on his Parliamentary colleagues
He
once told dinner-jacket clad Cabinet Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe:
"Bring us three Bucks Fizzes and keep the change."
Turning
to Prime Minister Thatcher, he commented: "The head waiter
wants to know what you'd like to drink."
He
described Kenneth Clarke as, "a pudgy puffball"; said
that Douglas Hurd, "might as well have a corncob up his arse";
and referred to Michael Heseltine as the kind of individual, "who
bought his own furniture".
Clark
on Prime Minister Thatcher
He
confessed he found her attractive but, "I didn't want to jump
on her".
Clark
on Eton
"An
early introduction to human cruelty, treachery and extreme physical
hardship."
Clark
on being fined £650 after driving through a police security
cordon
"Everyone
in public life ought to be arrested at least once. It's an education."
Clark
on style
Learning
that American Mafia chief John Gotti wore $2,000 suits, Clark retorted:
"I didn't know it was possible to buy one so cheaply."
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