I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demanding to write and perform but very fulfilling.

I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.

But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry that's Tony Blair isn't it? Um, so he doesn't even have to ask the country before he goes to war - sorry that's still Tony Blair.

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.

Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.