There are some lines in the sand you just do not cross. Undermining basic civil liberties by locking people up for long periods without charge is one of them.

When you're in the depths of a recession, that isn't the time when people want to challenge the system, they're too busy trying to survive. It's when they're told we're coming out of a recession, growth is returning, and they're not seeing the benefits of it, or they're not seeing them quick enough.

Very clearly, government investment can and should be used to support economic growth.

Governments usually end not with a bang but with a whimper, as the Conservatives learned in the 1990s. Support and authority erodes over time until there is a final collapse of support and pivotal electoral shift.

You've got to demonstrate you're capable of developing policies but, more importantly, you're capable of implementing them.

The Tories have made a complete mess of Brexit negotiations.

If we are to depression-proof our economy we may need to pay more attention to the radical ideas and policies of those who witnessed the misery inflicted on so many during the 1930s.

If the government is injecting public money, it should also take the right to oversee board appointments, executive pay, and future business operations.

No cause is worth the loss of a child's life.

Airport expansion is just one example of how our planet is being plundered for profit.

A fairer system bases itself on actual outcomes - if you earn more you pay more, through progressive income tax.

As the world changes, the way we work changes with it.

I do not want to be associated with those that are willing to support undermining the basic human rights that socialists have fought and sacrificed themselves to secure and protect over generations.

There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it.

In 1985, as a community activist and GLC councillor, I organised the first ever public meeting to explain the threat of a third runway at Heathrow airport for my local community.

If people need homes then put councils and building workers to work to build them, buy up the empty ones and stop the repossessions.

I am categorically opposed to any fees for education - and I have voted and campaigned against their introduction at every stage.

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?

Conservatives claim they are 'one nation' Tories when they have actually been a government for the 1% who have undermined our economic interests through their greed.

We stand in the centre ground of the Labour party and our traditions. The policies we are advocating go right back to the beginning.

I call a spade a shovel, straightforward. If I disagree with someone, I tell them.

Our supporters just want a Labour government. They want a Labour government that does what Labour governments are expected to do. They expect a Labour government to provide them, their families and their communities with the support and security they need, especially in difficult times.

From nuclear waste to Northern Rock and Metronet, risk is never transferred to the private sector - the state will always be forced to step in where there is a clear public interest.

I sneaked into an Everton match once. I'm a Liverpool supporter, but Liverpool were away, Liverpool reserves weren't playing, there wasn't even a youth match, so I took my son into an Everton match. God help me. It wasn't me.