I also recognise that the mandate was given by hundreds of thousands of ordinary people joining in the political process.

Legal aid... is fundamental to giving everybody in this country access to justice.

Labour has the responsibility to give a lead where the government will not. We need to bring people together, hold the government to account, oppose austerity and set out a path to exit that will protect jobs and incomes.

If every human rights atrocity is described as a Holocaust,[Adolf] Hitler's attempted obliteration of the Jewish people is diminished or de-recognised in our history.

The point in the report is that you shouldn't say to somebody just because they're Jewish, you must have an opinion on Israel. Any more than you say to anyone who is a Muslim you must have an opinion on any vile action that's been taken by misquoting the good name of Islam. I just ask people to be respectful and inclusive in their debate.

The people of Aleppo have suffered like no one else for so long. There has to be a political solution.

My wife is Mexican and my constituency is very, very multicultural.