If Someone Is Being Very Cheeky, It Can Be Quite Fun To Deal With That Situation.
I'm Not Psychic. I Cannot Know What Is In The Mind Of Particular Public Figures.
Lying To A Committee Is A Very Grave Abuse, And There Ought To Be A Clear Punishment.
One Consistent Thing In An Otherwise Inconsistent Career Is That I've Always Been Passionate About Parliament.
It Is Quite Wrong For Party Conferences To Be Used As An Excuse For The Commons Not To Sit. Conferences Could Be Held At Weekends.
When I First Started Out In Politics I Was, What You Might Describe As, A Hard Right Conservative.
I'm Supremely Uninterested As To What Is Written In Many Of The Newspapers.
I Never Aspired To Be Speaker Simply So I Could Say, 'i Am The Speaker Of The House Of Commons,' And Tell My Children That.