There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in there's something wrong with American politics.

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics.

I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

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.

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey there are votes in this!

Like Indiana Jones I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.