I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.

Going for constant growth is not actually delivering a decent standard of living and the prospect of your children having a better life than you do. That is the key thing that politics needs to deliver: a better life for your children. That's why people are taking their lives in their hands and crossing the Mediterranean and the English Channel.

If we think we're a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let's commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

[A]s long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom.

Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.

A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.