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

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

The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

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.

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.

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.