It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.

Bleak House by Charles Dickens is my favourite book.

Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes.

Across the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.