The junk food of political journalism...all reshuffle stories are crap.

I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive.

I feel like thanking Paul Dacre every time, because the reason they ask me is because they think I've come through the other end with a pretty good reputation. Loads of people get a bad press but have a good reputation. [David] Beckham - think what he went through. [Bill] Clinton, likewise. You just have to be true to yourself.

We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.

The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died.

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.

The junk food of political journalism...all reshuffle stories are crap.