Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change

Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change

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.

I treat opinion polls with a pinch of sugar.

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.