After The Economic 9/11, We

On The Bskyb Bid, Rupert Murdoch Is Now In Town In London Seeking To Sort Things Out. I Would Simply Say To Him, Look How People Feel About This. Look How The Country Has Reacted With Revulsion To The Revelations. So Do The Decent And Sensible Thing And Reconsider, Think Again, About Your Bid For Bskyb.

I Am A Passionate Believer In Freedom Of Speech. I Would Not Support Anything Which Would Impinge On Aggressive Robust Freedom Of The British Press, But When Things Go Wrong And There Has Been Outright Illegality, There Should Be Proper Accountability.

[all Governments] Get Into A Rut Where Every Potentially Good Story Turns Into A Bad One.

I Will Not Accept A New Wave Of Fiscal Retrenchment, Of Belt-tightening, Without Asking People At The Top To Make Their Contribution, To Make An Additional Contribution. I Don't Think You Can Ask People On Middle And Low Incomes, Who, After All, Are The Vast Majority Of The British Population, To Bear The Brunt Of This Adjustment.

Nothing Will Do More Damage To The Pro-european Movement Than Giving Room To The Suspicion That We Have Something To Hide, That We Do Not Have The “cojones” To Carry Our Argument To The People.