My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

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.

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.