Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone: Party

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone was British judge, politician, life peer and Cabinet minister. Explore interesting quotes on party.

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone: 16 quotes 0 likes

“Lord Hailsham: But to try to turn it into a party issue, is really beyond belief contemptible.
Robert McKenzie: Do you feel that the others that have spoken out, the Bishops, The Times and so on, have tried to turn it into a party issue?
Hailsham: I think you have!”

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

Conclusion of the same interview.

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“If you can tell me there are no adulterers on the front bench of the Labour Party you can talk to me about Profumo.”

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

Stephen Dorril and Robin Ramsay, "Smear" (Fourth Estate, 1991) p. 48
Reply to heckler's cry of "Profumo!" at a public meeting on 13 October 1964. Hogg probably had in mind the Labour Party leader Harold Wilson specifically.

“A great party is not to be brought down because of a scandal by a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar.”

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

"Lord Hailsham speaks out", The Times, 14 June 1963, p. 9.
On the Profumo affair. Interview with Robert McKenzie on "Gallery" for BBC television.