I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions.

Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick.

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the Con into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the VAT into Conservative!

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

We know from history that the way wars are concluded is absolutely the key to whether or not there is any peace to be kept.

I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together.

If you decide to run for the leadership, you have to go through it with the people you love. But you also have to protect them and I am determined to protect my mum.

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker.

We are a European nation - must stay one.

We all live with the objective of being happy

The sharp knife of a short life, wellI've had, just enough time.

The journey of life is a sacred travel.

Honestly, being a doctor could make you more close minded than regular people.

I don't place much faith in my intuitions, except as a starting place for designing experiments.

The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.

Take Christ out of the gospel, and you take its very heart out. He has not only originated a system, but He has put Himself into it, as its very life and soul and power.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

I look forward to doing my own show, not someone else's. That's always been my dream.

A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.