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

I think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them.

It would be as unthinkable to try to construct the Labour Party without Marx as it would to be to establish university faculties of astronomy,anthropology or psychology without permitting the study of Copernicus, Darwin or Freud, and still expect such faculties to be taken seriously

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

There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom who will be remembered and honoured.

I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing

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.