Julia Hartley-Brewer

Journalist

1968-05-02

Quotes by Julia Hartley-Brewer

• An infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters might be able to write the complete works of William Shakespeare but the Bard himself, a devotee of the colourful metaphor, would struggle to be able to write a single sonnet in these politically correct times.

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• If we want to live in a sterile world, where men and women never speak or touch in the workplace or require every interaction to be authorised in advance in triplicate, then fine. That's not the world most of us want to live in.

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• The 'HIGNFY' line-up often consists of four male comedians and one lone female TV presenter who barely says a word. Lo and behold, everyone wonders why the men are funnier than the woman! If your actual job is to make people laugh, then you'll probably be more amusing than someone who reads a teleprompter for a living.

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• After my own trials and tribulations, I have become evangelical in my campaign to educate and advise young women not to leave starting a family until too late, advising colleagues to 'get on with it' as soon as possible.

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• Courage shows itself in many different ways. A soldier heading off to war, a freedom fighter giving their life, or even a nurse braving a deadly virus as she heads to work in a hospital ward every day. Sometimes, though, courage does not require the ultimate sacrifice.

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• There is nothing unnatural about grieving for the loss of your unborn child.

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• If George Osborne wants to end 'unfairness' then he shouldn't scrap a grant that enables every young person to have the same opportunity to go to a top university - whether they grew up on a country estate or a council estate.

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• Clearly, men shouldn't go around making unsolicited passes at women in the workplace.

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• The prospect of voluntarily travelling to a war zone with your young children is not one which most British women would ever even consider.

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• I hold no candle for any political party, but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in growing weary of the incessant 'evil Tories' propaganda broadcast 24 hours a day on every panel show. As a Brexiteer, the only way to escape the non-stop refrain of 'Leave voters are all stupid and racist' is to reach for the 'off' button.

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• I love my country, but I live in it for 46 weeks of the year, so is it really so terrible to admit that, when I go on holiday, I want to spend a few weeks somewhere - anywhere - else?

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• Great Britain didn't just happen; the British people created this country through decades and centuries of hard work, fighting for democracy, the welfare state and all the other benefits we currently enjoy.

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• The truth is that a willingness to queue is no longer the mark of a true Englishman or woman. It's what you do when all else fails. Queueing is for wimps.

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• I have the most wonderful childhood memories of holidays in the golden age before foreign package holidays were even a glint in Michael O'Leary's eye.

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