I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.

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'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.

I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, organise everywhere I go. I'm paying the normal rate of tax on the money I take out for myself.

If I blew my nose the Daily Express and the Daily Mail would say that I am trying to spread germ warfare.

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.

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.