If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.

The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.

One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.

I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.