You know, you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and headteachers should. It's within their rights, it's a civil right, but I think it is wrong in terms of the reputation of the profession.

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

Boris Johnson is a man of great attributes and great qualities.

You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

One of reasons I was able to go to university was because of the sacrifices my family made.

One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs.

One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about.