Learning isn't something you should only do solo.

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

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

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

I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.

On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.