Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

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.

Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability.

Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.

We have laws to deal with people who defame other people's religion. We have laws to deal with people who try to blow up our citizens. We have due process. We have laws to deal with people who we capture during combat and war, but somehow Guantanamo Bay seems to be outside all that. And perhaps it's being maintained with the view to what people are talking about now, this idea of the "long war," that this is going to go on and on, and perhaps Iran is going to be next.

Baptists burn more slowly.

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.