When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People in Scotland want the parliament but don't give a toss about the elections.
Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not be voting on their own pay.
It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty years.
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
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 say you're giving up to devote more time to politics?'. And it is what I have done.
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side.
I've always said that I favour an elected second chamber and I think it's important that there are members of the House of Lords who are willing to vote for their own demise.
Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country.
I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term.
Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more than half my life, we have had a Tory government. That is wrong and undemocratic.