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.

Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth.

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.

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

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

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.