If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone.

I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.

I take a much more pragmatic view than many people on the Left about working with Neil Kinnock. Kinnock represents the best vehicle possible for achieving socialism now.

I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, organise everywhere I go. I'm paying the normal rate of tax on the money I take out for myself.

Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.

If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.