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

I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don't feel anyone listens to them.

I did publish a Bill once called "Common Sense" with a new constitution for Europe called the "Commonwealth of Europe," setting it all out - what it's rights were, how it would work. And I think that that will be where is has to go. But I'm not anti-European, I'm just a democrat, a very committed democrat. I don't see why the hell I should obey a law made by someone I didn't elect and can't remove.

My alternative to American superpower is the UN and I might add when China becomes the worlds greatest superpower you will need it too.

An MP is the only job where you have 70,000 employers, and only one employee.

Making mistakes is how you learn.

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.