“It is really time for him to try to let the nicer side of his nature emerge. It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat.”

Michael Foot in the House of Commons (2 March, 1978). http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=103629
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