We are paying a heavy political price for 20 years in which, as a party, we have played down our criticism of capitalism and soft-peddled our advocacy of socialism

I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.

It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his

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

I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.

A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world.

I think the truth is that the Labour Party isn't believed any more because people suspect it will say anything to get votes. The rebuilding of some radical alternatives to Thatcherism - and by that I mean all-party Thatcherism - will require us to do some very difficult things