It's not that tens of millions of people all want to be violent. But they share the worldview that then, at its extreme, gives rise to the violence. And in my view, this is why this is such a global problem.

Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.

The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.

Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite sure what to make of me. I was a Labour figure, but I'd come from a very middle-class background. In one sense I offended both traditional right and traditional left. But I thought that was no bad thing.

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.