The British and French governments have taken a strong stance against ‘extremist content’ online when addressing their approach to tackling extremism. – Maajid Nawaz
No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. – Morrissey
There’s a particularly British wariness of appearing to try too hard. It’s somehow distasteful. Everything should come to us seamlessly and, if you have to work at it, you’re somehow a loser. – Kate Reardon
The avian influenza found in mainland British Columbia poses no significant threat to human health. – John Clifford
Although I don’t have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. – Morrissey
L.A. is the opposite of Britain in a lot of respects, and that’s what draws so many British people here. – Louis Theroux
On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. – Kate Adie
And so I was very grateful that I didn’t do the British stiff upper lip, but I went straight to a therapist. And she was wonderful and helpful, and I went for about two years. – Lynn Redgrave
Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or Spanish, Quebecois or Canadian. What about those who feel they are both? – Michael Ignatieff
Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism. – Linda Chavez
I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were British subjects; George V was the cousin of the tsar. The Romanovs were very real in their household. – Kathryn Harrison
The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company. It’s a symbol for the company, but it’s more than that. It’s a global Italian symbol, as Mini is a global British symbol and the Beetle is a global German symbol. – Lapo Elkann
I like dry-to-the-bone stuff. I don’t know what it is. I was raised on PBS showing weird British comedies. – Jonathan Krisel
The idea of exposing the British public to the full breadth of my personality isn’t a good one. – Mariella Frostrup
If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British. – Lynn Davies
The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I’m not confident there will be any takers. – Louise Brown
British actors used to be scared of the multi-year options that U.S. TV shows demand. That has changed, because the same is now happening in the U.K. – Jamie Bamber
It frustrates me that Britain can’t make something like ‘CSI’ or ‘The Sopranos’. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding. – Jamie Bamber
I’m not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people. – Kristin Scott Thomas
The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door. – Martin McGuinness
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches. – Margaret Thatcher
