Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards

I have always been honest about my recollection of events.

When I'm in London I do have the convenience of being close to St James Park which is also good for me because it gives me an excuse to get out and get some much needed exercise!

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

I can hear people smile.

I love the walk although my security team weren't too sure to begin with but I was anxious to be able to lead a near normal life. Whilst walking I do get the chance to meet people and keep in touch.

I personally guarantee that now that bear wouldn't get past Dover without being shot.

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.

Strengthening our identity is one way or reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being.

But any perception of this application being speeded up requires me to take responsibility.

Dawn is ever the hope of men.

We are all just beginners here, and we shall all die beginners.

Savings, remember, is the prerequisite of investment.

Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining.

Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.

Who is this god person anyway?

The chaste mind, like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture.

The fact is that it's the most dangerous place to be on the political scale is to brand those on the other side as racist. That's the atomic bomb. That's the nuclear weapon of an American.

The care of the critic should be to distinguish error from inability, faults of inexperience from defects of nature.

It is only with local [agriculture] that we can manage the complexity and care that sustainability requires.