There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom who will be remembered and honoured.

If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.

I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris

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.

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.

In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once