The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning.

Systems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety.

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.

A tablet replacing an exercise book is not innovation, it's just a different way to make notes.

Advisers who think that they are very clever while all around them are a bit thick, and that all the problems of the world would be solved if the thick listened to the clever, are liable to be disappointed.

As with products on supermarket shelves, the public has a right to know where their financial products and services come from.