zodiac1 Jun 2004

"In 1992, desperate to display its pro-business credentials, Labour launched the 'prawn cocktail offensive' to win hearts and minds in the City.

That old Tory warhorse Michael Heseltine realised it was doomed to failure.

'All those prawn cocktails for nothing,' he sneered. 'Never have so many crustaceans died in vain.'"

-The Wolverhampton Express & Star