I am old enough and experienced enough in political life to recognise the difference between a standing ovation and a raspberry, or a bronx cheer as the Americans would call it, and I do not wish to sit through another debate about a subject as important as this and hear it dominated by well-meant criticisms.
Jeg er gammel nok og erfaren nok i det politiske liv til at kende forskellen mellem et stående bifald og en mishagsytring, et bronx cheer ville amerikanerne kalde det, og jeg ønsker ikke at sidde under endnu en forhandling om så vigtigt et emne og høre, at den domineres af velment kritik.