I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don't feel anyone listens to them.

I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis of personal liberty.

It is government policy to phase out subsidies to nationalised industries. In line with this, the government hopes that the coal industry will be able to operate without the need for assistance apart from social grants.

I think to understand how the democratic process works is the most important thing, so people don't get frightened by it, and get put off, and give up.

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths

The peace movement here is the biggest thing in human history.

I try to operate on two unconnected levels. One on the practical level of action in which I am extremely cautious and conservative. The second is the realm of ideas where I try to be very free