He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.

But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.

The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.

I think I was once given cocaine but I sneezed so it didn't go up my nose. In fact, it may have been icing sugar.

The difference between Hitler's speeches and Churchill's speeches was that Hitler made you think he could do anything; Churchill made you think you could do anything.