I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously.

I consider myself a selfie specialist.

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.

Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and that it often interferes too much in matters that are best left to national governments.

As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously.

I think the first decision I took when I became a government minister was to reverse the planned closure of Monklands Accident and Emergency. It's an issue close to my heart.