If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.
You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back.
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.

