I must emphasise that there is nothing in the Labour Party constituion that could, or should prevent people from holding opinions which favour Leninist-Trotskyism. Certainly Marxism has, and will continue to have an important function in the Labour Party.

We cannot remove the evils of capitalism without taking its source of power: ownership.

I warn you not to fall ill, I warn you not to get old.

I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.

I want to retire at 50. I want to play cricket in the summer and geriatric football in the winter, and sing in the choir.

At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the leadershp of the Labour Party, but as far as being leader, I can't see it happening, and I'm not particularly keen on it happening.

I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just hostile to the whole European idea.