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.
One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.
I'm not in the business of warning people.
A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.
If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.