There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.

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

We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

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

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

I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country.

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.