I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.

Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you

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.

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

I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.

When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive.

To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live