Never. I was very surprised to see that this was happening. Obviously, I saw the line that was being drawn—it was presented as a contribution to my election fund. Had I accepted, I would have been an accessory to a minor offence which is not a crime, but I would have put the message out that I was open to that sort of thing.
I had been thinking about going into politics for a long time, like you perhaps. I had wanted to be in politics since the 1950s.