There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.

I'm not in the business of warning people.

I've never been much given to little social cliques.

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.

If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.