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

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

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.

I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.

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.

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

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