Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.
Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way.
I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
I felt I could still make a contribution with ideas. I didn't know how, and it has taken me some time to work that out. There were things that mattered to me about the future of the country: inequality, what the post-financial crisis settlement would be. I still felt strongly about all that.
This idea about cheerful thinking, a digital platform for people to present their ideas, organise events around the country - that is what I am focused on building: a digital think-tank for the modern age that can help show people things can be better; the world can be different.
You're running to be prime minister - it's hard to be the person who makes jokes.
I think the Labour government did good and important things, and it's really important not to undervalue them. I see in my constituency how it helped with education and all those things.
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local level.
There just isn't a version of 'socialism in one country' around in the 21st century. I think it's really important that we don't fall for this nirvana of 'Let's just get out, and we can create a socialist Britain.'
No one is going to persuade me that eight people arriving in South Shields is going to overwhelm the local system. I think that 25,000 refugees would be more in line with the U.N. That would be a substantive contribution.
The way that you are when you're allowed to be yourself is very different from when you're, say, being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. You're never given the breathing space.
Dominant narrative is so overwhelming in politics. The smallest gaffe when the momentum is against you is a disaster. But when it is with you, everyone just ignores it.
There was an event called the World Transformed, which was set up by Momentum, and people from across the political spectrum have had to tip their hat to it. It's vibrant, with interesting discussions and ideas. That's why it's such an interesting political moment.
