Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
I'm not in the business of warning people.
I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.
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.