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

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.

If you want your debt lifted you've got to sell your school and your hospitals.

The quickest way to get to the top in society probably is to be a Blair Babe now. And then all of a sudden you find you're invited to parties. I don't want to be cynical, because I'm not. But I've seen it happen to so many people who move from the left to the right so damn quickly.

If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.

Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are little pockets of socialism, where areas of life have been excluded from the crude operation of market forces and are protected for the benefit of the community