There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]

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

What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.

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.