In politics he was a Tory, except when the Tories were in office, during which period he roundly abused them for being a pack of Radicals.
Politika bideetan Tory zalea izango zen, Toryak agintean zeudenean ezik; ze bolada horietan, batere lotsarik gabe salatu baitzituen Toryak, Radikale huts sail bat osatzen zutelako.