Through Talk, We Tamed Kings, Restrained Tyrants,

People Would Do Well To Ask Themselves How Many Of Their Ambitions And Aspirations Derive From The Type Of Economic System They Inhabit And The Insecurity And Exhaustion It Creates, And Question The Sense And Purpose Of A Society Where Control Of A Large Portion Of Life Is Abdicated Under Contract In The Labour Market, And Where Immense Creativity And Potential Is Stifled By The Need To Do Difficult And Repetitive Tasks In Order To Earn A Wage.

I Am Not A Reluctant Peer But A Persistent Commoner

Mandela Didn't End Apartheid In South Africa, The Poor Guy Was In Jail For 27 Years, It Was The African People That Ended It But He Was A Symbol Of Their Struggle. Or Gandhi In India, Gandhi Was A Great Believer In Non-violence And He Was In And Out Of Jail, But India Became Free. I Think It's Better To Look At What People Can Do Collectively And That's Why It's So Important To Encourage Them.

The Quickest Way To Get To The Top In Society Probably Is To Be A Blair Babe Now. And Then All Of A Sudden You Find You're Invited To Parties. I Don't Want To Be Cynical, Because I'm Not. But I've Seen It Happen To So Many People Who Move From The Left To The Right So Damn Quickly.

An Mp Is The Only Job Where You Have 70,000 Employers, And Only One Employee.