published November 2011
"if poverty is a barrier to peace, then the barriers aren't being broken down, that's for sure"
published September 2011
"You can't win elections if you can't explain what you're actually standing for"
published December 2010
"if you are involved then you might as well try and have as strong a voice as you can"
published September 2010 "for all the bad publicity we get in here, we get, in the main, things right"
published April 2010 I'd like to go from a life of 'doing' to a life of 'being'
published November 2009 "Church, football and politics"
published January 2009 "Hard pressed not to be Labour"
published August 2008 "I think that it is necessary to reassert those principles, and I think they are still there"
published November 2007 "There is no bible that you read that is about keeping your hands clean"
published March 2005 "From Girls' Brigade Leader to Convener of the Communities Committee"
published November 2004 "Dalyell, Darcy and a desert island"
published February 2004 "An Accidental Politician"
published June 2003 "A few less Nike trainers and Sony playstations and a few more cuddles"