I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

I've always had a lot of time for servicemen. Yet there's been this bad relationship between civilians and the armed services. We say to soldiers, 'We want you when we want you, but stay away in peacetime. We're proud of you, but keep away from my daughter and don't come drinking in my pub.'

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it.