I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.

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

I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.

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.

Well, on lots of small things we could have done better, but on all the big things we called it right. You should make less mistakes as you get older, and 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.

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.

I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers.