All my life I've been interested in politics. I went on the miners march when I was six months old. My parents are really political.
Anyone standing for leader of the Labour party has a responsibility to speak truth, because without that we will never win power.
As a mother, I want the very best for my children. As a politician, I want what is best for all children.
Being in France means that I am surrounded by examples of nationalised services that work.
Fear and hatred can be the things that drive you. I don't always think of fear as a bad thing, it gives you fight-or-flight.
For me socialism has never been an intellectual pursuit. It comes from my upbringing and experience.
I am apoplectic that people no longer expect progress because for so long they have worn the clothes of decline.
I am Left-wing. I am a socialist. I believe in sharing wealth. There's no two ways about it.
Rhe language of politics is experienced by most as spin with the assumption of dishonesty.
I would do whatever I could to make Jeremy Corbyn more electable, but you've got to give me something to work with, mate.
Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.
I loathe and detest people who pretend they don't care what people think about them as if that is a virtue, when it is simply rude.
I was politically complacent during the Blair years. Things were good and people thought things would be good forever.
My paternal grandma was a raving Thatcherite, one who had a xenophobic turn of phrase for most proceedings.
Anyone standing for leader of the Labour party has a responsibility to speak truth, because without that we will never win power.