The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

Well, purity - there's no purity in politics.