Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.

He then became a regular contributor to Standpoint magazine. His son Harry Mount is also a journalist and his cousin Mary Cameron is the mother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party. ISBN 978-1-84737-798-2.

His son Harry Mount is also a journalist and his cousin Mary Cameron is the mother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party. He inherited the Mount baronetcy from his uncle William in 1993. He lives in Islington.