What Concerns Me Is That The Independent

We Should Confine Booing In Sports Arenas To Sport. I Love A Good Boo As Much As The Next Football Fan.

Sometimes Jonathan [powell] And Myself Would Go To Tony [blair] And Ask Him If He Was Absolutely Sure About This Or That. That Was Our Job. But Ultimately It Was His Decision.

I Feel Like Thanking Paul Dacre Every Time, Because The Reason They Ask Me Is Because They Think I've Come Through The Other End With A Pretty Good Reputation. Loads Of People Get A Bad Press But Have A Good Reputation. [david] Beckham - Think What He Went Through. [bill] Clinton, Likewise. You Just Have To Be True To Yourself.

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.

My Dad, Donald, Was A Vet And Had A Practice In Yorkshire. Cats And Dogs Were His Bread And Butter, But His Greatest Love Was Large Animals.