Editorial Monday 3 October 2011: Lansley in Conference 'quick questions'

This 'quick questions' interview with Andrew Lansley comes via Whizz Kidz.


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Who is the most famous person on your mobile phone?
Andrew Lansley: It's probably David Cameron.

Which TV box set would you take to a desert island?
AL: Mad Men.

Which is the most listened-to album on your iPod?

AL: I don't have an iPod, my wife does ...

Which is your most listened-to album?
AL: There's, erm, an Elvis compilation.

'This Week' or 'Newsnight'?
AL: This Week

Have you ever been to Benidorm?
AL: No.

What is your favourite form of exercise?
AL: Tennis.

What is your favourite takeaway?
AL: Fish and chips.

What is your guilty pleasure?
AL: Erm, what do I feel guilty about? Erm ... well, I generally feel guilty when I'm not working or with the children, so I suppose from my point of view, sitting down and falling asleep in the garden, because I really ought to be doing one of those other two things.

Do you ever Google yourself?
AL: I have done, once or twice ... not often.

What do you find?
AL: Erm, well the trouble is when I Google myself, it might come up on ... generally, there's loads and loads of news articles, so it's very boring.

Describe yourself in five words.
AL: (Pause) Father, husband, politician ... (longish pause) committed, relentless.

'X Factor' or 'Strictly'?
AL: Strictly

Football or rugby, and which team do you support?
AL: Football, and I suppose I am a supporter technically of Cambridge United - but when I'm not supporting Cambridge United, Tottenham Hotspurs.