Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding.

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 think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.

Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.

I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.