Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate.

And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.

Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.

I think when you've lost an election by 179, there's going to be a period of time after eighteen years in government when you can't do anything right, and people just kick you for the sake of it, will never admit they voted Conservative.

Energy plus talent and you are a king, energy and no talent and you are still a prince, talent and no energy and you are a pauper

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.