The whips haven't got to him...
The first was in the Mail on Sunday under the headline Cameron won't make me a minister... I'm a white, married, Home Counties Christian:
"I suspected that my days would be numbered, and in my early encounters with Steve Hilton and members of David Cameron's office I sensed a lack of esteem for what I could bring to the table. I don't anticipate any early calls to Government. I'm a white, Christian, married bloke from the Home Counties so I probably don't fit the description of what the leadership wants at the moment."
The second is the interview that he's done with us for the Politics Show on Sunday:
"I think the party has changed to reflect the country that we're seeking to govern. There have been some massive, massive changes inthe Conservative Party. We've got far more women and MPs from ethnic minorities - high calibre people who've been unfairly kept out of the party in the past. David Cameron's changed all that, and that's a good thing."
He stresses that the whip really haven't spoken to him, and says that he's "happy to bide his time" on the backbenches. But maybe not too long, eh?
Welcome to the hustings! I'm Peter Henley, the BBC's political reporter in the south of England. From parish councils in Sussex, to European politics in Oxford, this is the blog for you. 
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