I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his

It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an instrument that will secure political solutions... They can see that the parliamentary democracy we boast of is becoming a sham.

I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister this century. When the euphoria surrounding her departure subsides you will find that in a year or two's time there will not be a Tory who admits ever supporting her. People in the street will say, thank God she's gone

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.