When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia.

The Internet is only the street corner meeting on a big scale

The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly.

I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing

I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner

There is no connection between imperialism and democracy. I mean when we ran an Empire which we did when I was born, there was no democracy anywhere.

If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to work with people you don't agree with.