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

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.

The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.

All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?

Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.

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.

I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies.