The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.

If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

A week is a long time in politics.

All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.