Although I turned down the chance to appear on Dancing on Ice seven years in a row, I finally cracked. I managed to stay upright during the live TV performances, but I unfortunately tripped up my lovely partner Mark Hanretty during our Save-Me skate, and dislocated his shoulder. Ouch. I've since taken up ice-skating and have a lesson every Sunday morning!
Being an MP...
If you want to know what it was like being an MP, this is my 8 years as an MP reduced down to 15 minutes. Read more...
DIVERSITY - IS IT BETTER TO BE MIXED RACE?
Sometimes being mixed race is like having a cloak of invisibility. The most remarkable hour of my life came when I put on a head scarf and went out alone to witness riots on the 'Arab street' in the Gaza Strip in June 2003. If the thousands of young Palestinians had known I was a Jew with an American and British passport, and an MP to boot, at best they would have kidnapped me, at worst killed me on the spot.