Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them.

- Matthew Parris

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.

- Matthew Parris

Bring on the fruitcakes, we want a fruitcake for an unlovable seat.

- Matthew Parris

Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work…

- Matthew Parris

Removing Christian evangelism from the African equation may leave the continent at the mercy of a malign fusion of Nike, the witch doctor, the mobile…

- Matthew Parris

When you join the Parachute Regiment they send you on training and initiation exercises. One of the tasks is to accept and care for a pet white rabbi…

- Matthew Parris

All three of our major religions in Britain ~ Christianity, Islam and Judaism - have a hateful idea at the very core. That idea is Exclusion: the "ot…

- Matthew Parris

As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God

- Matthew Parris