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

It is a weird thing, because most people tend to get more conservative as they get older, but I find myself going the opposite way. I am sure that by the end I will be selling Marxist pamphlets on the Holloway Road.

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

Tony Blair has always said he will be judged by history. Now Alastair Campbell is history we await his judgment.

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly be the end of an era.

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