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

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

If I blew my nose the Daily Express and the Daily Mail would say that I am trying to spread germ warfare.

I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

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.