I Do Not Share The General View

I Opposed The Suez War, I Opposed The Falklands War. I Opposed The Libyan Bombing And I Opposed The Gulf War And I Never Believed That Any Of Those Principled Arguments Lost A Single Vote - Indeed, I Think They Gained Support Though That Was Not Why You Did It. What Has Been Lacking In Labour Politics Over A Long Period Is A Principled Stand

Experience Is The Only Real Teacher And If You Keep A Diary You Get Three Bites At Educating Yourself - When It Happens, When You Write It Down, And When You Reread It And Realise You Were Wrong. Making Mistakes Is Part Of Life. The Only Things I Would Feel Ashamed Of Would Be If I Had Said Things I Hadn't Believed In Order To Get On. Some Politicians Do Do That.

I've Been A Member Of The Labour Party Sixty Five Years, And I Remain In It, But I Think It's All About Campaigning For Justice And Peace, And If You Do That, You Get A Lot Of Support.

It Is Not Surprising That More And More People Are Coming To The Conclusion That The Ballot Box Is No Longer An Instrument That Will Secure Political Solutions... They Can See That The Parliamentary Democracy We Boast Of Is Becoming A Sham.

The Marxist Analysis Has Got Nothing To Do With What Happened In Stalin's Russia: It's Like Blaming Jesus Christ For The Inquisition In Spain.