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

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

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

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

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.

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

Separation and devolution are two completely different concepts which cannot be mixed together. One is not a stop on the way to the other.