“Remember, I'm the guy who didn't want the referendum - I wouldn't have...” — Ed Miliband Quote

“Remember, I'm the guy who didn't want the referendum - I wouldn't have had it if I'd been prime minister. But you have to respect how people voted because this was partly about political alienation, so if the response to political alienation is to ignore it, that's a recipe for more political alienation.”

“I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.”

“It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state provided education. I want good education in this country so I'm not going to slag off faith schools. I think that it's important that people of different backgrounds and different faiths go to school together and many faith schools do that.”

“Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.”

“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.”

“It's not always clear whether the filmmaker intends our alienation or is even aware of it.”

“Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.”

“I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal.”

“What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged heart, a soul-sickness, that plunges us into fearful self-protection, alienation from God and others.”

“I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.”

“A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.”