The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.

The thing about social media is that it is anonymous, so it can be much more vitriolic and extreme than normal media and yet it is there for everyone to see. It is kind of like electronic graffiti. The political process is accelerated and intense in a way that I don't believe it ever really has been before.

My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.

There's a sense in which politicians can never work hard enough.

Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.