Ed Miliband

“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.”

“Look, there is a sort of old view about class which is a very simplistic view that we have got the working class, the middle class and the upper class, I think it is more complicated than that.”

“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.”

“You're running to be prime minister - it's hard to be the person who makes jokes.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics.”

“Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views.”

“The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.”

“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.'”

“I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together.”

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

“My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.”

“I think part of the thing that is important to me, and is important to Labour supporters, is that the fight goes on. The fight goes on in relation to this budget, in relation to Europe, and in a way, the history of progressive politics is that there are setbacks - significant setbacks - and you have to overcome that. But obviously it's tough.”

“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.”