A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society. Yeah the individual is the most important facet in society but unless every individual is the recipient of free health care, free education decent affordable housing and a proper pension then only the rich and powerful will be individuals and the rest of us will be exploited by them.

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.

Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.

Money maketh man a tory, don't fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea

A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.

Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability.