Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust

When I see that man on the telly - 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?' No! I'm definitely not! I find most of it quite offensive!

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.

I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government

I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now.