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.

You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.

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

I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.

Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.

Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.