Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

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.

Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.

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