"I made a last-minute decision to compete in the TT last year and it went very well so I hope to make further progress this year, " he said.

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Even though I am recovering from an injury at the moment so I hope I can do well without hurting my arm again.

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Well I hope I'd have a decade or so during which I could put my shoulder to the wheel and do as good a job as possible, at a time when Oxford and Cambridge and other universities are facing huge challenges from America.

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To be playing here, to be doing so well and getting to that stage, I sure hope I can go further this time.

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"They were doing well for the first half hour and then lost the place, so I hope they learn their lesson, " he added.

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So I hope that all of you will vote early as well, either by mail or in person in your community.

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And so I just hope that spirit of giving that's so important at Christmas, I hope all of you guys remember that as well.

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There are some very attractive Conservative frontbench spokesmen - I mean I'm not in the House of Commons, haven't been there for ten years so I don't know these people very well, but there are some attractive figures and I hope that they're in a more prominent position in the next few months.

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