I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.

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

Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. The Tories take Jewish London for granted. I will not.

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

Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby.

I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.