The Junk Food Of Political Journalism...all Reshuffle

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.

To Me, Marriage Is Partly A Religious Thing And I'm Not Religious.

The Thing About Politicians In Britain Is That They Are Out There, You Can Lobby Them, Get Close To Them, There Are Loads Of Ways You Can Protest Against Them, And Booing Is A Pretty Weak Way Of Doing It.

My Public Caricature - That Of A Self-confident Alpha Male - Is Only Partly Accurate.

I Want To Write More Books, See My First Novel Made Into A Film, Fight More Campaigns, Work In More Countries. I Want To Be Able To Recall Experiences That Have Endured For Their Pleasure And Range And Intensity.