Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.

It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a leader that does not command the support of the parliamentary party.

So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes.

The problem we have is not Labour, in however it is configured.

We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't.

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.