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.

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society

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

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

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

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

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life