Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

My father was a manual worker.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.