In An Ideal World, It Would Not

Tony's [blair] Convinced I'm Going To Find God. I Do Have Spiritual Moments, But I Don't Think It's God.

All Of This Is Happening Because There Has Still Been No Reckoning Post The Financial Crisis. So Governments Have Fallen, One Bloke Has Been To Prison, The Banks Have Gone Pretty Well Back To Status Quo, The Rich Are Getting Richer, And The Poor Are Getting Poorer. And It's Fuelling Anger. And Somehow [donald] Trump, Who Represents The Worst Aspects Of Capitalism, Has Persuaded People He Can Deal With That.

This May Sound Arrogant, But I Believe That If We'd Done Teamship Better, We'd Still Be There. Where We Fell Down Was The Inability To Hold Together. We Should Have Learnt From The Great Football Teams. The Players May Not Like Each Other. They Have Egos, They Have Their Own Ambitions, They Have Different Personalities, But They Are Still Bloody Good Teams.

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?'

I Remember Talking To Alex Ferguson About Tony [blair] And Gordon [brown], And He Said: "why Doesn't Tony Just Get Rid Of Him?" But If You Sack Someone In Football, They Can't Turn Up To Training The Next Day. In Politics They're Still On The Pitch. Gordon Would Still Have Been A Big Player.