“I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It’s all so precise with Delia, and it makes cooking seem so inaccessible.”

The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government’s negotiating position is on Brexit.

I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.

What happened in the United States election is not a matter for the United Kingdom, it is a matter for the United States and the United States authorities.

The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.

Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.

My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.

We’re continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.

I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution; it’s one of the most important institutions we have.

I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.

Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It’s about how those police are deployed.

Targets don’t fight crime.

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.

The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over.

On gay adoption I have changed my mind.

Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics.

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can’t be right.

We still have a problem here in this country of access to airports and airplanes [for terrorists].

I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.

I worry that people will think that I have done what I’ve done just because I have access and resources. I hope people will know that I’m just as scared and lonely as anyone else!

From a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.

You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you’re looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.

Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.

In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.

A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.