I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected.

It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.

It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

I got fed up of listening to bollocks