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

The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

We have to create security for the working families of Britain, and that's what I'll do

I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.

I treat opinion polls with a pinch of sugar.

One of the drivers of displacement and potential conflict over the next 10 to 20 years will be climate (change) - resource scarcity, climate change is going to compound the cocktail that's driving war and displacement.

The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics.