I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses the boundaries of traditional - center-right and center-left have much more in common with each other right now than the right does with the center-right, and the left does with the center-left.

I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election.

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".

Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes.

One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.

Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.