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" I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. "

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" All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy? "

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" When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself. "

" I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here. "

" There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional. "

" My only regret is the media's obsession with the past. "

" The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations. "

" Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. "

" If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it. "

" Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced. "

" You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. "

" When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive. "

" Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. "

" Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it. "

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" Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby. "

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" I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. "

" Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. "