“Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. ...” — George Osborne Quote

Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.

I'm not going out to parties every night.

I think the best solution to this challenge, and I accept there is a challenge with homophobic bullying, is to make sure we get rid of the bullying rather than feeling we have to take kids out of our schools and teach then somewhere else. That would be the best approach.

One thing I learned about Gordon Brown is you've got to have the strength to just get in there and take him on. When you first hear him spouting his statistics and boasting about his record, it can be quite intimidating. But over time, shadowing him, I just realised that a lot of it was rubbish; a lot of it was baloney.

We know that greater participation in our democracy will make our government more responsible and make elected officials more representative of the people we serve. Making that participation easier while improving the integrity and security of our elections is something we should all be able to support.

I happen to believe that our democracy is at least as important as the economy.

A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

Democracy is the road to socialism.