I think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them.

In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said

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

The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England.

Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumers intellectual capital; it does not create it....The less ministers know at the outset, the more dependent they are on the only sources of available knowledge; the permanent officials.

I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless person living in a cardboard box in London, I see that person as a victim of market forces. Everytime I see a pensioner who cannot manage, I know that he is a victim of market forces

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