I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.

I felt fear, worry and relief in equal measures.

I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.

I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.