Religion has to stay in the heart not in politics. It is private.

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Unfortunately the global warming hysteria as I see it is driven by politics more than by science.

Economics politics and personalities are often inseparable.

Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is in my view as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster.

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world so too do politics here in Britain.

For sure the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and dare I say a wave of optimism that things can be different.

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities through legislation and other means and to increase women's representation in politics which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.

In politics the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.

Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.