Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

There is now a desperate need for a London-wide left caucus of those interested in the GLC and local councils so that we can compare and discuss what is happening in each borough.

World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.

The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.

Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you

If Voting Changed Anything They'd Abolish It

If I blew my nose the Daily Express and the Daily Mail would say that I am trying to spread germ warfare.

Every year the international finance system kills more people than the Second World War. But at least Hitler was mad, you know.

To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

Dont lower your standards for anyone or anything. Self respect is everything.

When your worst demon is yourself, no one can use it against you.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. [The ability to focus on positives and distract your mind from negatives for at least a time is a necessary skill for being happy.]

They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.

It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.

He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone

Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.

I know what happens every time I get in front of a UK crowd - they just go nuts and they are so nice and excited and crazy and they won't sit down.

I decided to do a comedy. It's a good mind-set to go into work and be happy every day instead of being in a dark place.

Theres no amount of money that makes you feel better when people think of you as a joke or a hack or a failure or ugly or stupid or morally empty.