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

When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive.

I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.

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

To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live

I think George Bush is the most corrupt American president since Harding in the Twenties. He is not the legitimate president. This really is a completely unsupportable government and I look forward to it being overthrown as much as I looked forward to Saddam Hussein being overthrown.