I wanted to give them time to decompress. They needed that.

Treat them like heroes. They saw things and met people [in conditions] you couldn't imagine.

Think about that. Whether you're rich or poor, that would be all you have left in the world in two bags ? and garbage bags, at that.

This has been a tremendous mission for all of us. With all the data gathered, we are proceeding deliberately to ensure everything is checked and re-checked. NASA and Stanford can be proud of what has been achieved so far.

The Victorians were very keen on turning them into ink wells and candlesticks and there are some of these around from famous old horses.

People are discovering that if you do very well with the constituency candidates, if you get 16 or 17 of those, you would end up, even though you had a high percentage of popular votes, you'd end up with scarcely any of the list candidates, ... I know that raises concerns among a lot of people and I think is worthy of debate over the next few weeks. This has become an issue of some contention in my view.