Getting elected as MP for the Rhondda in 2001 despite everyone saying I was too “exotic” or “flamboyant”, ie gay.
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My marriage and my sobriety. The sobriety makes the marriage possible.
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My children. My marriage. All those books.
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Still doing what I love.
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The six Olympic gold medals, because at school I was never great at sport. When I look back on my career I think, how on Earth did that happen?
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Probably last night, when I went into my sons’ bedroom and kissed them on their smelly heads.
Nothing. I fell asleep while I was getting a shave. When I woke up, the barber said, “No one has ever fallen asleep with a razor at their throat.” And I was like, “Bro, I have three boys under five – I sleep when I can.”
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