The Day Of The Daredevil Reporter Who

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

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.

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.

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

One Day, We Will Look Back And Wonder How On Earth We Used To Believe That Depression Was A Lifestyle Choice, Only To Be Debated And Taken Seriously When An A List Film Star Took His Life, And The World Filled With People Saying How Shocked And Saddened They Were.