Well, it all began with Democracy. Before we had the vote all the power was in the hands of rich people. If you had money you could get health care, education, look after yourself when you were old, and what democracy did was to give the poor the vote and it moved power from the marketplace to the polling station, from the wallet...to the ballot.

The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."

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.

When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.

If the Queen can reject the advice of a minister on a little thing like a postage stamp, what would happen if she rejected the advice of the Prime Minister on a major matter? If the Crown personally can reject advice, then, of course, the whole democratic facade turns out to be false