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I cannot be clearer about this. I am not in politics, let alone Labour's shadow cabinet, to keep things as they are.

— Angela Rayner

I was appointed to Cabinet three times; on no occasion did I pitch for what position I wanted.

— Leo Varadkar

When you become a consultant to a political party, your views are no longer objective. You do it at a cost.

— Arun Jaitley

I don't think I have suffered for want of being a Cabinet minister. I don't have a Cabinet minister to whom I report. I…

— Nirmala Sitharaman

I've never been an MP in government unfortunately and only know what it's like to be in opposition.

— Luciana Berger

I have been an MP and government minister.

— Gyles Brandreth

Since 1998, I have served my country as a member of four cabinets and as the leader of the parliamentary opposition.

— Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Being an MP is about country, constituents, party and self - in that order if you ask me.

— Heidi Allen

Mr Sunil Dutt became a Cabinet minister after me, even though he deserved it more than me and should have been the first one.…

— Shatrughan Sinha

As an MP, it is my job to hold the government to account.

— Clive Lewis

The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe…

— Adam Rickitt

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

— Moshe Dayan