It is the answers, not the questions, that are embarrassing.

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.

The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

When you teach, you learn.

Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.

Perhaps the one comforting thought I got out of this whole disgusting affair was that over the years when the government was tapping my telephone, it must certainly have heard some home truths from me about themselves, often couched in good Anglo-Saxon terms.