I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies.

I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.

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 became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.

All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.