I take a much more pragmatic view than many people on the Left about working with Neil Kinnock. Kinnock represents the best vehicle possible for achieving socialism now.

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.

To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live

Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you

Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.