I think George Bush is the most corrupt American president since Harding in the Twenties. He is not the legitimate president. This really is a completely unsupportable government and I look forward to it being overthrown as much as I looked forward to Saddam Hussein being overthrown.

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

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

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'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.

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