Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

There is no reason why the US and the UK cannot have close relations.

You learn from mistakes.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.