When Art struggles, it succeeds; when revelling in its own successes, it as singularly fails.

It is a bad situation, the current state of the Labour leadership, a collective failure, the collapse of strategy and vision on all sides.

I am part of the left; I feel loyal. I don't want to do things that will be damaging to what I believe in.

My passionate belief is in the role of movements to achieve political power to transform society. In this country, we talk about the Labour movement, of which the Labour Party is the wing of government for the interests of people we were set up to champion.

Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society.

Dieting is long-haul. Many rapid weight loss programs actually only squeeze the water out of you. Just like a wet sponge. But a good dieter maintains his or her grip on that sponge, not letting it soak up water again.

When Art struggles, it succeeds; when revelling in its own successes, it as singularly fails.