I saw the Blair-Mandelson regime as a coup, and I think it was a well-funded coup as well - resources obviously came from big private-sector backers. But all through that period the bulk of the rank and file party were what the party has always been, a socialist party.
The Tories have made a complete mess of Brexit negotiations.
Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.
My ambition is to learn to play the trombone. My wife pulls my leg about it. I'll find time, my neighbours might not appreciate it but I'm going to try.
There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it.
We have to face up to the fact that without the armed uprising in 1916 Britain would not have withdrawn from southern Ireland.
We urgently need a major programme of investment in renewable energy generation to tackle climate change.
As the world changes, the way we work changes with it.
