"All political careers are a rollercoaster."

“We are all in agreement about the principles of the national health service ...it should be provided free at the point of treatment, according to clinical need and largely funded out of taxation.”

“At the moment I save the House of Commons from having Dennis Skinner as father of the house by 25 minutes”

“If a Brexiteer majority still wishes to persist in leaving, once we have made some progress and it’s obvious we’re getting there, you can invoke Article 50 again and leave fairly rapidly. To me, that seems the only rational way in which we can precede. But common sense has gone out of the window.”

“I don’t want the new leader to make me parliamentary under-secretary for nuts and bolts.”

“The referendum is not binding.”

“I wouldn't reject it if it was the only way forward.”