The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive.

I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.

I'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.

I think that special relationship between the UK and the US has been an important part of security across the world particularly to the West.