It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.