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

Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced.

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.

If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at the forefront of my first term, would I? I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.

I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.

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

I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.