Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.

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

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.

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

I swim three times a week.

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.