Nicola Sturgeon: “This cannot hold. Sensible heads would realise that what is needed now is agreement on the objective conditions which…”

But if you believe that, you cannot say to the people of Scotland that you never ever again have the chance to consider the independence question.

I think it's right that they're opening up the Brexit question again and I hope Andy Burnham nails his colours to the mast of rejoining the EU. But you can't pick and choose when democracy applies.

I think there will be facts which emerge from this show, which are not secret, they are in the public domain, but by shining a light on them I think there are some really hard facts that will shock people about just how underdefended the…

My aim, to put it bluntly, is to close the attainment gap completely. It will not be done overnight, I accept that. But it must be done.