I was very happy being education minister and deputy to John Cain.

There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse.