We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.

Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.

For families flying out of the U.K. for a winter getaway, airports should be the ideal place to pick up a bargain.

At the end of the day, the less money you have, the easier it is to make a movie.

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

Just as the music industry couldn't combat the financial impact of digital piracy, major corporations will have to rethink how to maintain margins when many of their most profitable items can be easily manufactured at home.

In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility.