I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould.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 fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.

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

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.

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

I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould.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

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