There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.

I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.

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

The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing.

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.

We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above all pave the way for a General Election to elect a Labour Government.