Political Quotes

Unison is right. You cannot rebuild public services by cutting the jobs of the people who deliver them.

The lesson is simple: people will listen to Scottish Labour again when we stop sounding like a party talking to itself and start proving that we are on their side.

If reform is needed, it should start with backing the workforce, funding councils fairly and stopping public money being drained into excessive profits in social care.

I don't think it's the priority for voters right now – but I also just think that if, not when, if the issue of independence and another referendum were to re-emerge and it was obvious there was a demand for it, we wouldn’t be debating…