Quotes from Nicholas Soames

To work for the good of our country is not a shallow thing.

I think Churchill would have thought it extraordinary that we would have thought ourselves so successful, so powerful, so well thought of in the world that we could afford to give up this extraordinary relationship we have in this great European Union.

Winston Churchill was like Winston Churchill because of his experiences in life.

We must find a credible route through Brexit to build a better country and go forward together.

I'm not going to pretend to be anything I'm not.

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.

Boris Johnson's experience in life is telling a lot of porkies about the European Union in Brussels and then becoming prime minister.

I'm quite sure that, had Twitter been of an age when my grandfather was prime minister, I'm sure they would have used it. He was a brilliant and gifted communicator.

Churchill's career was littered with oratorical disasters when he misjudged the audience.

Our freedom, our prosperity and our security depend on a proper respect for the fortune of our neighbours, allies and old friends.

One hopes that good, sensible and brave people will continue to go into public life at all levels.

When you have a general election result you don't like, you don't have another general election.

As millions of people know, one of the great pleasures of walking in areas of the uplands managed for grouse is to see and hear large numbers of curlew, lapwing and golden plover - all ground-nesting birds largely absent or in rapidly declining numbers elsewhere.

I hope that 'Remain' will carry the day, just on the grounds of common sense.

I think to leave Europe would be a threat on the one hand to our economic security and on the other our national security.

The comparison between Harry Cohen and my grandfather is not one that bears close examination.

Schengen cannot survive without the most dramatic reform, and the external borders of Europe must be rapidly strengthened.

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.

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.

I am worried about the Tory party because give or take the odd spasm we have always been seen as pragmatic, sensible, good at our job, sane, reasonable and having the interests of the whole country. Now it is beginning to look like a Brexit sect.

When you are choosing an MP you need to choose the person who is pretty much likely to be the best representative for your area.

It's not an idle boast that the British Army is, man for man, probably the best fighting force in the world.

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.

Boris Johnson is nothing like Winston Churchill.