Mandela didn't end Apartheid in South Africa, the poor guy was in jail for 27 years, it was the African people that ended it but he was a symbol of their struggle. Or Gandhi in India, Gandhi was a great believer in non-violence and he was in and out of jail, but India became free. I think it's better to look at what people can do collectively and that's why it's so important to encourage them.

I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.

The one thing that unites Sunni, Shiites and Kurds is they want the Americans out.

If you read Mein Kampf, Hitler's book, which I have outside, I bought it when I was eleven, Hitler said, "democracy inevitably leads to Marxism" - now you work that one out. It's so interesting that when the poor have the vote they will use it to remove the privileges of the rich.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

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.

There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.