I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.

If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.

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.

Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding.

Well, on lots of small things we could have done better, but on all the big things we called it right. You should make less mistakes as you get older, and 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.

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

Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you