Media Quote by Bob Hawke

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel…

— Theresa May

Normally, people give up parliament because they want to do more business or spend more time with family. My wife said 'why don't you…

— Tony Benn

Quite apart from the problem of the vote, it's bad for the image of Parliament that people take the trouble to come up and…

— Vince Cable

You're damn right I'm comfortable, I've worked very hard to be comfortable. But something I've always tried to impress upon people is that these…

— Mick Hucknall

“Since more people vote in reality television shows than in elections for the European Parliament or municipal authorities the response of politicians has been…

— Ian Hargreaves

It's important for people not to hold a high opinion of politicians, and one of the strengths of the British is that they don't…

— Richard Ingrams

Today, parliaments are more important because of the need of legitimacy, of the popular legitimacy, of public opinion legitimacy of politics. Parliaments are, at…

— Enrico Letta

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

— Walter Bagehot

MPs and all public servants are human beings with friends, families and loved ones - families did not choose to be in the public…

— Rachel Reeves

Over the centuries, the country has looked on as Parliament has faced historic decisions. Even in the most challenging of times, we have pulled…

— Andrea Leadsom

I don't think the standard of our politicians is very high. And when you get good ones, world-class ones, like a Blair or a…

— Andrew Neil

“What is politics without a bit of controversy? The main reason we watch parliament is that we enjoy the clash of bombastic words and…

— Paballo Seipei