I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.

My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.

Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.