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A lot of young women ask me, 'Can you go into politics and maintain your ideals?' Well, I think you can. You might not, in any one interview, tell the whole truth, but to deliberately deceive the public who've elected you is totally unacceptable.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

I do think the public want to see politicians acting in a different way. What's brought young people into our campaign is that they were written off by political parties but they had never written off politics, and what we have is a huge number of young people, very enthusiastic and brimming with ideas. Those ideas have got to be heard.

I have dealt with a pretty interesting mix of young people, many of whom have never been involved in any form of politics at any level who are interested in alternatives to austerity and debt, and older people who left the Labour party, mainly over Iraq, who are coming back in.

The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.

I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.