David John Mellor PC QC ist ein britischer Journalist und Politiker der Conservative Party, der zwischen 1979 und 1997 Mitglied des House of Commons und unter anderem 1992 für einige Monate Minister für das nationale Erbe war. Wikipedia
“The press – the popular press – is drinking in the Last Chance Saloon.”
Quoted in Roy Greenslade, "A decade of diplomacy," http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/feb/05/mondaymediasection.pressandpublishing The Guardian (2001-02-05)
Comment made in 1989 after a series of salacious stories in the tabloid press.
Quoted in Brian Cathcart, "Were you still up for Portillo?" (Penguin Books, 1997), pp. 63-4
From a speech following his defeat in the 1997 General Election and directed at Sir James Goldsmith.
Quoted in Anil Dawar, "'Build a tower block? Not in our dockyard,'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1519779/Build-a-tower-block-Not-in-our-dockyard.htmlThe Telegraph (2006-05-30)
Comment on the proposed construction of a 17-storey block of flats near his home in the St Katharine Docks, London.
“Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick-skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.”
Question Time, BBC1 (1992-12-03).
Quoted in The Independent (1992-11-03) following his resignation in September of that year.
