I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
I don't use labels a lot.
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.
Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is.