I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.

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.

I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.

The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear.

Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced.

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.

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