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

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

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

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.

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

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.