Couldn't believe this and only 56, hard to pick a favourite character but always loved Alan B'stard based on a Tory backbencher, most of his antics have probably come true since !
Alan: You're having an affair with him, aren't you? Sarah: Of course I'm not, Alan. I mean he's fat and flabby, and, uh, he's got horrible greasy hair! Alan: Didn't stop you with Nigel Lawson, did it?
Planning is an unnatural process, much better to just get on with things, that way failure comes as a complete surprise instead of being preceeded by a period of worry and doubt