I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.

There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.

He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]

I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.

I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done.

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.