Before I went into parliament I used to write business publications, and like many authors wrote under a business name.

I think he would care if you were a good person, if indeed there is a god.

We are the workers' party. We are the party of the hard working individual.

Most people don't get the chance to do whatever their dream in life was. I have ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do and it has been more enjoyable, challenging, stretching and fulfilling than I would have dared to imagine.

I have always been an aviation nerd. I read the magazines.

I think it is absolutely inevitable that Palestinians will, and have to, have their own state.

I have probably become a lot more Zionist than I used to be. Jews have a history of being persecuted over a long, long period of time so I think it is absolutely right to have a country that is a Jewish state.

I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't understand me.

I like being Jewish and I married a Jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instil some of that sense of being in your kids. All of that makes me seem as though I am quite observant but actually the flipside of this is I don't know if there is a God or not.

I've always been tenacious. I don't let go of things until I think it's fixed. On the other hand I'm a fairly jovial, smiley person.

Chemo is properly punishing, and it's hard to do things at the usual level.

I went to Manchester poly for two years.

Incentives and infrastructure should encourage development and that development needs to contain the right types of housing in the right places.

Fighting poverty is nothing new for the Conservative Party, but during the 1980s the emphasis placed on individualism and prosperity was sometimes seen to crowd out social issues like helping the most vulnerable in society.

There should be a way of saying to people 'thank you very much, it has not worked out but here is a good decent package for you to move on from this role and we will support you to move on into other jobs, so it is not a hire and fire thing'; and those are the sorts of changes that Conservatives would like to see.

I believe that overall if you want a growing economy what you have got to have is sufficient flexibility to allow that to happen.

Of course homelessness has many causes and the solutions are often frustratingly complex.

If there is a moment when it is possible to intervene in the chaotic life of a homeless person, it is when they turn up as an NHS patient.

I've always thought that the level of homelessness in society is likely to be a truer measure of how civilised we are then almost any other factor.

Our brave servicemen and women sacrifice so much for us all - whether they're spending months away from their families and friends or putting their lives on the line for our country.

Struggling to start a small business is all-encompassing. It is a 24-hour job that places strain on those involved. As well as worrying about your own mortgage and kids, you worry about those of your staff.

There's no reason why the public shouldn't be able to see how billions of pounds are being spent on their behalf.

The idea that squatting in some way offers a reasonable solution to the issue of homelessness is both false and cruel.

Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the news. As a result, the public wisely let most of the hurly-burly of politics wash over their heads.