Legal aid... is fundamental to giving everybody in this country access to justice.

United we stand, divided we fall is one of the oldest and truest slogans of the Labour movement.

What kind of city are we living in, if we encourage the development or ownership of large, expensive properties for investment and land banking... while people are sleeping on the streets?

Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations.

You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.

I don't respond in any way to personal abuse that is thrown at me.

I decided to invite Donald Trump on his visit to Britain to come with me to my constituency because he has problems with Mexicans and he has problems with Muslims.

Sorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.

Why are we putting people who are already in a vulnerable position through this dreadful, appalling stress?

I would have set out very quickly the relationship with Europe.

The people of Aleppo have suffered like no one else for so long. There has to be a political solution.

Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

He didn’t like the idea of leaving unfinished business behind. He had wanted definite answers about the heart attacks to be able to turn the page on who or what caused so many of his brothers to die.

Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

Learning to enjoy being single involves the ability to experience everything through your own essence, instead of living vicariously through a spouse or partner.

If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.

If I want a long, boring story with no point to it, I have my life.

If I were constantly worried about death, I couldn't function. After a while, if your life is more or less constantly in peril, you come to a point where you accept the possibility philosophically.

I grew up in Barranquila, Colombia, and I spent most of my childhood dreaming about becoming a singer.

Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.

But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.