He [tony Blair] Was Always Ambivalent About

What Concerns Me Is That The Independent Is Going, And There Are Job Cuts At The Guardian, But The Wretched Daily Mail Is Still Rampant, Making Lots Of Money By Millions Of People Clicking On Pictures Of Cellulited Women. I Think That's Sad.

The Royal Family's Existence Is A Constant Reminder Of The Hollowness Of John Major's Rhetoric, And Idiotic Statements By Its Leading Members A Constant Boost To The Republican Cause. They're Fine Opening Hospitals. It's When They Open Their Mouths They Get Into Trouble.

Friends Have Suggested That I Am The Least Qualified Person To Talk About Happiness, Because I Am Often Down, And Sometimes Profoundly Depressed. But I Think That's Where My Qualification Comes From. Because To Know Happiness, It Helps To Know Unhappiness.

Paul Keating Told Us Before We Were Elected That You Can Do Deals With [rupert] Murdoch Without Saying You Were Doing A Deal. Did We Do That Kind Of Thing? Maybe. But From Around About The Turn Of The Century, I Felt Strongly That We Had To Do Something About Media Ownership And Self-regulation. Tony [blair] Disagreed.

By Asking The Question 'am I Happy?,' And Via The Answer Setting Out What I Mean By Happiness, There Is A Political Route That Can Be Taken, By Asking Another Question - 'can Politics Deliver Happiness, And Should It Try?'