Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed

Everything about my politics has been about the future.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

We know from history that the way wars are concluded is absolutely the key to whether or not there is any peace to be kept.

The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The scale of this threat, to human life and to the natural resources and assets on which it depends, for everything from oxygen and clean water to healthy soils and flood defence, means that this simply must be our top priority

I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together.

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.