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.

Maybe I was just born to argue with men.

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.

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

Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

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

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