Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and he's always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics but that's what makes him Newt Gingrich.

Right now we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

I will go to the next election saying to Australians vote for me vote for the Liberal Party and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say 'Oh Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.

I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.

I've never worked in politics never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

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.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.