It wasn't us. We didn't do it. We were dead at the time.

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When will politicians realise that George Orwell's 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual?

- UKIP MEP Derek Clark

I think that is the most deeply wonderful quote I've heard in a long time. It really reflects my own feelings on certain issues of modern politics.

For interest, the quote was occasioned by this little controversy.