I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.