If you offer me a job sitting in a Winnebago with make-up girls and free food, I'm probably going to take it.

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

What's always got me is the fact that when people talked on the telly about Iraq, before Afghanistan kicked off, you'd get only these public-school-type army officers talking about what was going on out there. I kept thinking, 'Why don't we get the true voice of the squaddie? Why don't we hear from the lads on the battlefield?'

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.'

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

I do dream about Afghanistan. I wake up and think I'm still there.