There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings.

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!

There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.