I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment.

I said it's impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don't have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them.

I did not in late November start the plethora of linking my private life with public events again.

We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards

I can hear people smile.

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.