The class war is over.

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims feel as if they're under threat in some way or that their legitimacy, as members or citizens of society, is brought into question.

Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

There is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster. It is now that with foresight and will such action can be taken without disturbing the essence of our way of life, by adjusting behaviour not altering it entirely.

You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.