"You need to write out a thousand times, "I will behave myself at Prime Minister’s Questions"."

"It’s a point so blindingly obvious that only an extraordinarily clever and sophisticated person could fail to grasp it."

"Difference of opinion is of the essence of politics. There is an elaborate combination of finger wagging and head sha…"

"At the 2017 election, I promised my wife and children that it would be my last. This is a pledge I intend to keep. If…"

"They are entitled to their opinion, but they suffer from the notable disadvantage of being completely wrong."

"Well I'm sure he's got a great many merits, but thus far they've been fairly effectively concealed from public view."

"The ICGS Bullying and Harassment Policy was breached repeatedly and extensively by the most senior Member of the Hous…"

"All I can say is that the case against me would have been thrown out by any court in the land since it is based on th…"

"I never really had any aspirations to be an actor when I was young. I wanted to play the piano in a bar, to be the ol…"

"If I do decide one day to stop acting, I just hate the idea of people going: 'Oh, did you ever do anything else besid…"