"Around the world three letters send a chill down the spine of the enemy — SAS. And those letters spell out one clear message: don't mess with Britain."
— Michael Portillo

January 1, 1970

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomUniversity of Cambridge alumniJournalists from EnglandConservative Party (UK) politiciansBroadcasters
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Speech to the Conservative Party conference (10 October 1995), quoted in Philip Webster, 'Tories make Europe their battleground', The Times (11 October 1995), p. 1