I Had A Happy Childhood.

What Concerns Me Is That The Independent Is Going, And There Are Job Cuts At The Guardian, But The Wretched Daily Mail Is Still Rampant, Making Lots Of Money By Millions Of People Clicking On Pictures Of Cellulited Women. I Think That's Sad.

The Junk Food Of Political Journalism...all Reshuffle Stories Are Crap.

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.

As Tony [blair] Said In His Book, Gordon [brown] Was Brilliant And Impossible. If He'd Just Been One Of Those Things, The Options Are Obvious.