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.

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

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

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.

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

I take a much more pragmatic view than many people on the Left about working with Neil Kinnock. Kinnock represents the best vehicle possible for achieving socialism now.

The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear.