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.

There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.

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.

When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.

I'm not in the business of warning people.