Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.

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

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

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

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 fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.

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