I firmly believe that Scotland's place is in the U.K., and I do not believe in powers for power's sake.
The Scottish Labour Party should work as equal partners with the U.K. party, just as Scotland is an equal partner in the United Kingdom. Scotland has chosen home rule - not London rule.
The instinct of the Labour Party is if there's a problem, change the leader, then sit back, fold your arms and wait to be disappointed because they're sure it's not going to deliver.
There is a presumption made among nationalists that constitutional change is the answer to all the questions that are problematic in our communities, and my job is to talk about what is happening in the real world.
It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.
If you don't accept there is a problem, then it is hard to debate things.
I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you engage in that debate when people don't trust politicians at all? It is almost impossible to start a conversation about taxation.
The Labour Party in 2011 was in an exceptionally bad place. We'd been hammered in an election. We didn't see the scale of it coming.
I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go and hear preachers, and then we always went to church and Sunday school. That mattered a lot to me.
I used to go to a Gaelic class on a Saturday morning, but I never felt myself that I could speak it properly.
I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.
That's a really healthy thing - family will always protect you from yourself.
I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.
The job of the Scottish Labour Party is to represent working people and represent Scotland.
The big issues, the things that scar Scotland - the least of them is whether we should have a border at Gretna Green or not.
I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country.
We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government.
I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.
The idea that an independent Scotland - having separated assets and liabilities from the rest of the U.K. - would expect the rest of the U.K. to be a lender of last resort, and of course be kind to them, doesn't make any sense.
The next phase is to 2016, and yes, I want to be First Minister because I believe I have the life experience, and I've got a commitment to change.
