I Had A Happy Childhood.

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

I Have A Nightmare About Tony [blair] And Gordon [brown] Killing Each Other. Not Every Month, But Now And Then. I Also Have A Recurring Dream About Losing.

I Used To Be Very Routine-based And The New Thing In My Life Is Not Having A Clear, Full-time Existence.

The Media Are Obsessed With Spin Doctors And With Portraying Them As A Bad Thing, Yet Seem Addicted To Our Medicine.