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I'm a plain speaker.
As the world changes, the way we work changes with it.
Democratic government requires the consent of the governed.
You can't change the world through the parliamentary system.
The Tories have made a complete mess of Brexit negotiations.
Millions of people feel ignored by the political establishment.
Changing leaders is pointless if the same policies are pursued.
When I had the heart attack I had one stent inserted, which was great.
If Marx was alive during the Stalinist period, he'd be first to be in the gulag.
I call a spade a shovel, straightforward. If I disagree with someone, I tell them.
What Gramsci is all about is hegemony: you win the battle of ideas and it dominates.
The concept of loyalty to the leader is set firmly in the ethos of the Labour party.
New Labour has created a society increasingly oppressed by the worry of personal debt.
Airport expansion is just one example of how our planet is being plundered for profit.
Very clearly, government investment can and should be used to support economic growth.
In terms of mainstream media it's very difficult to break through if you're on the left.
Meeting the challenges of the future requires a state that can think and act strategically.
Britain has moved on. It is a radically different country from that which shaped New Labour.
Only the political process offers the real prospect of a united Ireland at peace with itself.
Well organised displays of spontaneous support is one of the New Labour machine's specialities.
The U.K. needs to diversify - to become the technological as well as the financial centre of Europe.
Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting.
Labour will only survive in government if we can restore the sense of mission upon which it was founded.
We need to promote employment through investment in major public works schemes to meet the U.K.'s needs.
We urgently need a major programme of investment in renewable energy generation to tackle climate change.
Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile.
The arrogant view that young people don't count because they don't vote has thankfully been smashed for ever.
Ministers may not be responsible for administrative errors, but they are responsible for major policy blunders.
New Labour has systematically alienated section after section of the coalition we need to win and retain power.
The plundering for profit of the world's natural resources has threatened the very sustainability of the planet.
A fairer system bases itself on actual outcomes - if you earn more you pay more, through progressive income tax.
There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it.
To me, education is not a commodity. It is a public good, essential to any society with a claim to being civilised.
Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making.
Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.
You've got to demonstrate you're capable of developing policies but, more importantly, you're capable of implementing them.
New Labour has deregulated, liberalised and privatised - but every time the private sector fails it is the taxpayer who pays.
Our objectives are socialist. That means an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people.
If we as a party are serious about devolution, then we must respect councils and nations enough to determine their own agenda.
We have to face up to the fact that without the armed uprising in 1916 Britain would not have withdrawn from southern Ireland.
I am categorically opposed to any fees for education - and I have voted and campaigned against their introduction at every stage.
We stand in the centre ground of the Labour party and our traditions. The policies we are advocating go right back to the beginning.
If people need homes then put councils and building workers to work to build them, buy up the empty ones and stop the repossessions.
How many times have we seen politicians in office become cut off from the outside world and become unaware that the world has moved on?
Parties don't lose overnight, there is a gradual erosion of their base and electoral machine, which leads to sometimes cataclysmic defeat.
Tightening up border and immigration controls go nowhere in addressing the underlying causes of terrorism in our society and in our world.
We believe that leaders should be following the masses. We only ran in leadership campaigns to get our ideas across, to use it as a platform.
I've always honestly and openly said I believe in a united Ireland, but the point was to try and get to a united Ireland without the violence.
The assertion that the war in Iraq has had no role in increasing the terrorist threat to Britain is clearly just intellectually unsustainable.
Going to university is, and should be, so much more than a mechanical process of grinding out a degree qualification for a pre-determined career path.