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.

If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to work with people you don't agree with.

I try to operate on two unconnected levels. One on the practical level of action in which I am extremely cautious and conservative. The second is the realm of ideas where I try to be very free

The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.

I really think in the Commonwealth of Europe you should have Russia. I listed a hundred countries that would be in it and it would then be a really European United Nations.

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths

I think to understand how the democratic process works is the most important thing, so people don't get frightened by it, and get put off, and give up.