I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

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

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

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.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

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

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