I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.

People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.

Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so keep going and don't give up.

The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.

I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.