World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.

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.

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

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

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.

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.

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