Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

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.

Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten

When Blair was elected leader of the Labour Party, he said, "New Labour is a new political party" - that was the phrase he used, and I'm so glad he said it because he set up his own party and I'm not a member of it.

Change always follows the same pattern. If you come up with something new they try and put you off.If that doesn't work they call you stark raving bonkers.If that doesn't work they lock you up like the suffragettes.Then, after a pause, the change happensand you can't find anyone that doesn't claim to have been fighting for it with you.

If I were the American President I would rather be popular than have the power the destroy the world because however many puppets they have all over the Middle East - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and so on - they haven't got support from the people.