We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive

I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice. We are here close to one of the frontiers of social democracy.

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?

The most moving speech I have ever heard was Hugh Gaitskell saying he would 'fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love. That was the right message in 1960, and I believe it is still the right message today.