Sex comes into every evaluation of a woman, there's no doubt about it. It's there. Once you've established a friendship or a working relationship with a woman, it's parked. But it's an interesting barrier. When you've gone through it and arrived at the other side, it's never a problem again. Well I'm not saying it is a problem at all, it's rather a delicious thing really, "what might have been" or "what could be". Show less «

[on the Scottish independence referendum] It is impossible to exaggerate what a remarkable experience it's been to be present at this exceptional moment. Whoever wins, the discourse has been intelligent, the arguments coherent, and the enthusiasm of the people remarkable. Show less «

The only thing I signed up to was AA. Not Alcoholics Anonymous, Anti-Apartheid.

You know Labour's in trouble when Tony Blair feels he has to intervene to dispense his advice to the party. Show less «