I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

Well, on lots of small things we could have done better, but on all the big things we called it right. You should make less mistakes as you get older, and I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.

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

I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.

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

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