I grew up in a house with very few books.

I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.

I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.

The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

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