"I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons."

"We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought."

"There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums."

"I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics."

"Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it."

"It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid."

"Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests."

"Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means."