If you can't see that the glass is half full, you can never be a socialist. You have to believe in the goodness of the majority of people to be a socialist. You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don't believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you're never going to have that sensibility.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

Our neighbors shake their heads And take their valuables inside While my countrymen piss in the fountains To express their national pride.

I'm celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo

What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.

I'm just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society's aspirations, politically. The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.