I look like Julian Clary on steroids.

I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.

Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.

I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.

My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.

Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.

As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out, that proverbial substance really hits the fan.