Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

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.

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 will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

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