When you think of the number of men in the world who hate each other, why, when two men love each other, does the church split?

It is government policy to phase out subsidies to nationalised industries. In line with this, the government hopes that the coal industry will be able to operate without the need for assistance apart from social grants.

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.

The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England.

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

I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.

Bush is actually encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons because the one thing I do know is if Iran did have nuclear weapons they wouldn't be threatening them.