Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.

I think George Bush is the most corrupt American president since Harding in the Twenties. He is not the legitimate president. This really is a completely unsupportable government and I look forward to it being overthrown as much as I looked forward to Saddam Hussein being overthrown.

You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.

All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?

To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live

I grew up in a house with very few books.

Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you