He [tony Blair] Was Always Ambivalent About

I'm Certainly Driven, I Hate Losing, I Can Be Ruthless And Short-tempered And Terribly Competitive.

Sometimes Jonathan [powell] And Myself Would Go To Tony [blair] And Ask Him If He Was Absolutely Sure About This Or That. That Was Our Job. But Ultimately It Was His Decision.

Friends Have Suggested That I Am The Least Qualified Person To Talk About Happiness, Because I Am Often Down, And Sometimes Profoundly Depressed. But I Think That's Where My Qualification Comes From. Because To Know Happiness, It Helps To Know Unhappiness.

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By Asking The Question 'am I Happy?,' And Via The Answer Setting Out What I Mean By Happiness, There Is A Political Route That Can Be Taken, By Asking Another Question - 'can Politics Deliver Happiness, And Should It Try?'