I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.

Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.

If you look at it ecologically, deforestation is high on the list of things which bring devastation. You cut down trees to build homes, for fuel, and you end up with no trees left, and you have to move on. If you take the earth as a whole, eventually there's nowhere to move on to.