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It is often quite impossible to gauge the mood of the Chamber in advance, particularly on big occasions. One moment, it is relaxed and good-humoured; at the next, it can be angry and querulous, and the House in this mood can be a formidable arena.
- Nicholas Soames
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As all Members of Parliament know, the ease and flow of making a speech outside the House is not at all the same as that required in the Chamber.
- Nicholas Soames
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#House
#Know
#Parliament
#Speech
Unlike his father, Churchill was not a natural speaker.
- Nicholas Soames
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It is one thing to go into combat, but quite another to go in with the sapping knowledge that what you do in the next few chaotic minutes or hours in the name of your mates, your regiment, your country, might also see you dragged into court.
- Nicholas Soames
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I know, as a former serving officer, that our troops are extremely well disciplined and well led, and they take the correct treatment of prisoners very seriously.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Know
#Seriously
#Take
#Well
The idea that the British carried out hundreds of war crimes in Iraq is, of course, utterly without foundation and grossly unfair.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Foundation
#Unfair
#War
#Without
I really should not need to spell this out, but one of the attributes of a successful sniper is that he makes no sound at all - nor, indeed, shouts out warnings!
- Nicholas Soames
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#Indeed
#Need
#Should
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To engage all sides of Parliament in a common national cause is not unpatriotic.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Parliament
#Sides
We must find a credible route through Brexit to build a better country and go forward together.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Brexit
#Country
#Find
#Together
To work for the good of our country is not a shallow thing.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Good
#Shallow
#Thing
#Work
My family have a long story of service to our country.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Family
#Long
#Service
#Story
Churchill's career was littered with oratorical disasters when he misjudged the audience.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Career
#Disasters
#He
As Churchill's grandson, I am in daily receipt of vile correspondence from people telling me that I am a traitor to his memory.
- Nicholas Soames
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#I Am
#Me
#Memory
#People
If you ask a soldier what is the key to this confidence, they will likely answer their discipline and their training.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Confidence
#Discipline
#Training
I never thought I would hear Labour and Scottish Nationalist ministers in both Westminster and Holyrood publicly recognise the environmental benefits of good grouse moor management.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Good
#Management
#Never
I'm very lucky in my constituency. I have very grown up sensible members who don't agree with me, but we never have a quarrel. I absolutely respect their views.
- Nicholas Soames
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#Lucky
#Me
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Our freedom, our prosperity and our security depend on a proper respect for the fortune of our neighbours, allies and old friends.
- Nicholas Soames
#Fortune
#Freedom
#Old Friends
#Respect
#Security
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