An Mp Is The Only Job Where

Well, It All Began With Democracy. Before We Had The Vote All The Power Was In The Hands Of Rich People. If You Had Money You Could Get Health Care, Education, Look After Yourself When You Were Old, And What Democracy Did Was To Give The Poor The Vote And It Moved Power From The Marketplace To The Polling Station, From The Wallet...to The Ballot.

When I Saw How The European Union Was Developing, It Was Very Obvious What They Had In Mind Was Not Democratic. In Britain, You Vote For A Government So The Government Has To Listen To You, And If You Don't Like It You Can Change It.

I Really Think In The Commonwealth Of Europe You Should Have Russia. I Listed A Hundred Countries That Would Be In It And It Would Then Be A Really European United Nations.

Experience Is The Only Real Teacher And If You Keep A Diary You Get Three Bites At Educating Yourself - When It Happens, When You Write It Down, And When You Reread It And Realise You Were Wrong. Making Mistakes Is Part Of Life. The Only Things I Would Feel Ashamed Of Would Be If I Had Said Things I Hadn't Believed In Order To Get On. Some Politicians Do Do That.

I See Myself As An Old Man And An Unqualified Teacher To The Nation. I Think Being A Teacher Is Probably The Most Important Thing You Can Be In Politics.