What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

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

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

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

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.