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Nigel Lawson Quotes

British - Politician | March 11, 1932 -

You have got to clear up that corporation tax in the modern way has had its day as a major source of revenue, and we have got to find a new system.

Day You Find Tax New Way

However useful computer models may be, the one thing they cannot be is evidence. Computer climate models are simply conjectures.

Evidence May Useful Cannot One Thing

Those who claim that to leave the E.U. would damage the City are the very same as those who in the past confidently predicted, with a classic failure of understanding, that the City would be gravely damaged if the U.K. failed to adopt the euro as its currency.

Failure Past City Understanding Same

In terms of the arguments, I think the pro-Leave campaign is winning them all.

Winning Think I Think Campaign Them

Most of the countries in the world are outside the E.U., and they are doing very nicely, thank you.

World Thank You Doing You Outside

You don't need to be within the single market to trade; it's not an issue.

You Need Single Within Trade Market

I am not surprised Cameron says he supports what Gillard is doing in Australia because we have, in the U.K., a totally misconceived climate change plan as well.

Change I Am Doing Plan Australia He

Prime Minister Cameron says he wants to be the greenest government ever, but the definition of green is immature... I don't deny for a moment that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, but there are so many other factors that affect climate. It is more complicated than the computer models that we are using. What the truth is, nobody knows.

Truth Moment Government Green Nobody

I don't think the government needs to be frightened of the banks in the slightest.

Government Think Needs Banks

I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting.

Money Man Government Think Mad Sure

It would be wholly wrong constitutionally for the unelected House of Lords to do anything, to kill anything of a financial nature that has been through the House of Commons not once but twice.

Nature Financial House Wrong Twice

If you punish the banks, all you are doing is reducing the banks' capital, which you want to increase, and punishing shareholders, who have done nothing wrong.

Doing You Wrong Done Want Nothing

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