Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

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.

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.

The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.

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.

He is the resounding human rebuttal to all Marxist historians who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces. The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.

I think it'd be disgraceful if a chap wasn't allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went to Vegas and you didn't misbehave in some trivial way.