If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.

Everyone changes all the time.

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

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

I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.

The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.