It would actually be quite nice if the American ambassador in Britain could pay the [congestion] charge that everybody else is paying and not actually try and skive out of it like some chiselling little crook.

I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies.

If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.

World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.

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

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.