If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.
I've never been much given to little social cliques.
Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.
I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.
I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.