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

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.

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.

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.

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

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

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