When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.
Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.
The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.
I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.
For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.