Congratulations to Barack Obama - great victory based on building fairer economy and optimism about what politics can achieve.

I treat opinion polls with a pinch of sugar.

I've supported Jeremy Corbyn all the way along because I think that was the right thing to do. I've reluctantly reached the conclusion that his position is untenable.

We don't compete in the world by offering tax advantages to a few that we don't give to all our citizens and businesses

In good times, people turn to Left wing parties, in bad times, they say, well, possibly Left-wing parties can't make those tough decisions... We've got to buck that trend

Congratulations to Barack Obama - great victory based on building fairer economy and optimism about what politics can achieve.

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.