The party at its best has always been a modern party.

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.

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

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

We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we're not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother is a married mother.

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

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.