The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

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.

Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.

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

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

There's no point in worrying about things you can't influence.