1. If Rome was not built in a day, nor were the Lowry arts centre and the Tate Modern.

2. Obsessed with trying to stop the nuclear clock, we are neglecting the democracy clock Timothy Garton Ash Thursday March ', 2006 The Guardian Rome was not built in a day and Persia will not be changed in a day.

3. Despite the film‘s bleak message, a Tory spokesman explained the party‘s enthusiasm for Cliff‘s song rested in its message that "if the public really want change, they can have change". Cliff, now nearly 60, was less than impressed when informed of its adoption last year, saying: "I‘m from the lower class of society and I tend to support them rather than the upper class." As far as policies are concerned, he said: "I don‘t think marijuana should be against the law." Mr Cameron will be hoping the message in the lyrics will prove prophetic: "Rome was not built in a day, opposition will come your way; but the hotter the battle you see, it‘s the sweeter the victory; you can get it if you really want." The first political group to adopt the song were the left–wing Sandinistas in Nicaragua, driven from power in the 1''0s.