I Want To Run A Government, Barnaby

I Just Think That This Whole Issue Of Creating Potential Human Life, Not To Give Life, But To Give The Scientists A Bit More Of A Leg-up, Is Fraught With Danger.

I Think We've Produced A Stronger Prohibition On Real Racism, While Maintaining Freedom Of Speech In Ordinary Public Discussion. So I'm Very Comfortable With Where We're At. We're Not Dogmatic Or Impervious To A Further Argument, That's Why We Released It As An Exposure Draft Rather Than Simply Releasing It Straight Into The Parliament.

I Know Politicians Are Going To Be Judged On Everything They Say But Sometimes In The Heat Of Discussion You Go A Little Bit Further Than You Would If It Was An Absolutely Calm, Considered, Prepared, Scripted Remark. The Statements That Need To Be Taken Absolutely As Gospel Truth Are Those Carefully Prepared Scripted Remarks.

No Senior Politician Can Expect To Have Work-life Balance. I'm Afraid There Are Some Jobs For Which Work-life Balance Inevitably Goes Out The Window. If You Want Work-life Balance You Just Have To Accept That You Can't Be A Senior Member Of A Government, Or For That Matter A Senior Member Of An Opposition.

In Drawing An Inference Or Conclusion From Facts Proved, Regard Must Always Be Had To The Nature Of The Particular Case, And The Facility That Appears To Be Afforded, Either Of Explanation Or Contradiction. No Person Is To Be Required To Explain Or Contradict, Until Enough Has Been Proved To Warrant A Reasonable And Just Conclusion Against Him, In The Absence Of Explanation Or Contradiction.