List of Political Catch Phrases - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

  • "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." – Samuel Johnson.
  • "I believe it is peace for our time." Neville Chamberlain's appraisal of appeasement of Hitler in 1938.
  • "Keep Calm and Carry On", propaganda poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War
  • "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" Winston Churchill
  • "We shall fight on the beaches" Winston Churchill
  • "Most of our people have never had it so good" (popularly misquoted as "You've never had it so good!") Harold Macmillan
  • "A week is a long time in politics" Harold Wilson describing a political turn around.
  • "It does not mean that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued." (often rendered as "The pound in your pocket") Harold Wilson
  • "I know what's going on. I'm going on" Harold Wilson at the 1969 May Day Rally following political gossip and unattributed reports that his leadership of the Labour Party would be challenged (The Times, 5 May 1969, p. 1)
  • "I think that everybody really will concede that on this, of all days, I should begin my speech with the words 'My husband and I" Queen Elizabeth II on her Silver Wedding anniversary
  • "Crisis? What crisis?" incorrectly attributed to James Callaghan by The Sun newspaper
  • "You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning." Margaret Thatcher
  • "But in which direction was she sailing at the time" Tam Dalyell (re the sinking of the General Belgrano)
  • "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" Tony Blair though authorship was reputedly that of Gordon Brown
  • "She was the People's Princess" Tony Blair, on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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