Power is not a means it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them.

To me success means effectiveness in the world that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.

But when I first got cancer after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.

Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way.

If I have affected someone in a positive way that means a lot to me.

African art is functional it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities through legislation and other means and to increase women's representation in politics which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.