The regime which followed ended the Terror and relaxed Robespierre's more extreme policies.

In the past it has been common wisdom that a major party will not suggest extreme policies, for to do so is to invite electoral defeat.

Whenever Labour has lost office there has always been strong pressure within the party to press for more extreme policies.

Its extreme nationalist policies prompted an estimated 280,000 Serbs to flee the country.

It really is hypocritical in the extreme to carry on such a policy.

An extreme policy of apartheid has also been introduced on buses and elsewhere.

The same urge to remain pristine has led to one of the most extreme anti-growth policies in the nation.

He should have let the Tories lead a minority government and helped keep some of the more extreme policies with the threat of voting against them.

"It reflects the divisiveness and extreme policies of the last four years, while the public speakers paint a very different picture."