A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society can be fought

The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

Indeed in my blue and white Sheffield Wednesday heart I applauded and supported his loyalty.

One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.

The Labour Party can go into the next election united behind the most radical manifesto on which we have ever campaigned.

People who watch morning television are elderly, infirm or emotionally immature.