Politics Is A Highly Tribal Business.

I Don't Lead A Particularly Bohemian Existence. The Main Criterion For Me Is Not To Be Judgemental Of Other People So Long As What They Do Is Not Harmful Or Offensive To Others.

Every Time [chris Bryant] Asks A Question I Become More And More Baffled Why Anyone Would Want To Hack His Phone And Listen To His Messages

I Totally Rule Out Any Arrangements With The Snp — In The Same Way I Rule Out Any Arrangements With Ukip - Because There Is No Meeting Point For Me With One Party That Basically Wants To Pull Our Country To Bits And Another Party That Wants Us To Pull Out Of The Eu. I Would Never Recommend To The Liberal Democrats That We Help Establish A Government Which Is Basically On A Life Support System, Where Alex Salmond Could Pull The Plug Any Time He Wants.

Our Sheffield And London Homes Are Worth Well Over A Million But The Bank Owns Most Of Them - We Are Mortgaged Up To The Gills.

I Think That The Days When Newspaper Barons Could Basically Click Their Fingers And Governments Would Snap To Attention Have Gone.