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

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

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

I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.

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

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I'm not in the business of warning people.