Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are little pockets of socialism, where areas of life have been excluded from the crude operation of market forces and are protected for the benefit of the community

People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the insecurity and exhaustion it creates, and question the sense and purpose of a society where control of a large portion of life is abdicated under contract in the labour market, and where immense creativity and potential is stifled by the need to do difficult and repetitive tasks in order to earn a wage.

The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.

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

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.

It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.

I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner