We are now at risk of having a zombie democracy roaming around a one-party state.
I still have the Triumph Palm Beach I was given for Christmas when I was 11. By today’s standards, it is heavy and slow, but was my pride and joy at the time.
If the leadership can’t win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party.
For the absolute avoidance of doubt, my leadership will be about unity, drawing on all the talents – with women representing half of the shadow cabinet – and working together at every level of the party.
Cycling is good for people in all ways: their health, their well-being, and it does no damage to the environment. It can, however, be dangerous, and this has to be addressed.
Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour – an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy.
I want everyone to put their views forward, every union branch, every party branch, so we develop organically the strengths we all have, the imagination we all have.
We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.
You pay more in wages, get more in in tax, you get people living a higher standard, you get more money. It’s a kind of circle.
I want a world of peace. I’m not interested in bombs. I’m not interested in wars. I’m interested in peace.
Everybody aspires to an affordable home, a secure job, better living standards, reliable healthcare and a decent pension. My generation took those things for granted, and so should future generations.
What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers’ rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important.
Trade unions are a force for good – a force for a more equal society.
Russia has gone way beyond its legal powers to use bases in the Crimea.
Mum and Dad met campaigning on the Spanish civil war. Both were active peace campaigners. They died in 1986 and ’87.