William Hague: Self - Guest Presenter

Quotes 

• [There is a lot of booing from the audience] 

  Paul Merton : Did you hear that booing?

  Linda Smith : Yes.

  Paul Merton : [to William]  Did it register with your brain, that booing?

  William Hague : I was Leader of the Tory party long enough to learn how to ignore booing.

  Paul Merton : You weren't very popular then? Why do you think that was?

  William Hague : Just because I tell jokes doesn't mean you should have political opinions.

• William Hague : My name is William Hague, and in taking on this job, I'll be laying myself open to a barrage of disrespectful remarks and critical sniping from all sides, designed to undermine my position. Nothing new in that, really.