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

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.

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

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.

The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day.

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