Fairness is not about statistical equality.
There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.
If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
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.
A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.
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.