The prospect of the UK without a BBC funded by the licence fee is anywhere between improbable and impossible.

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

We have no target for the number of medals we hope to win in 2012 - yet. But we want every kid in the country to have the chance to have the best opportunities.

It is absolutely clear that your continued leadership is putting the Labour Party's future in jeopardy and denying millions of people in our country who so desperately need representation by a Labour government the chance of that Labour government.

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.