[People] are woefully underestimating this country and what it can achieve.

These days we dimly believe that the Second World War was won with Russian blood and American money; and though that is in some ways true, it is also true that, without Churchill, Hitler would almost certainly have won.

My ideal world is, we're there, we're in the EU, trying to make it better.

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.

Volunteering is also now more crucial than ever in helping people find work.

Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can't now remember what any of them were.

When Cameron's Conservatives come to power it will be a golden age for cyclists and an Elysium of cycle lanes, bike racks, and sharia law for bike thieves. And I hope that cycling in London will become almost Chinese in its ubiquity.