I think our TV news editors are still sometimes using the language of government propaganda. We still hear the term `war on terror` for an illegal war. We`re still hearing the words reform and modernization when what we really mean is privatization and public greed.

Stalin has caused Socialism greater damage than anyone else.

A movie isn`t a political movement, a party or even an article. It`s just a film. At best it can add its voice to public outrage.

Why do they say I hate my country? And what does that even mean? Am I supposed to hate my town, am I supposed to hate all English people, or my government? And if I do hate my government, does that mean I hate my country? It`s a democratic duty to criticize the government.

I turned down the OBE because it`s not a club you want to join when you look at the villains who`ve got it. It`s all the things I think are despicable: patronage, deferring to the monarchy and the name of the British Empire, which is a monument of exploitation and conquest.