I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.

I swim three times a week.

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

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

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth.