I swim three times a week.

I take a much more pragmatic view than many people on the Left about working with Neil Kinnock. Kinnock represents the best vehicle possible for achieving socialism now.

I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.

I grew up in a house with very few books.

I swim three times a week.

I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think.

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