The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone.

If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry.

Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.

My father still reads the dictionairy every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words