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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Maybe I was just born to argue with men.