I Have Very Real Concerns About The

Fifty Per Cent Of The Public Doesn't Know What 'fifty Per Cent' Means.

And Some Of What We're Doing In Government Even Now, Some Of The Welfare Reform Programs That Are Helping Lone Mothers Come Into Work Are Based On Things That Were Very New Under The Labour Government In The Eighties.

Certainly We Know From Our Own Experience How Very Difficult It Is When You've Lost An Election That Perhaps A Lot Of People Were Expecting You To Win.

I Think He Was Absolutely Right Not To Go To Un Last Week... First Things First - That Is, Values And People Here In Their Local Communities, And Remembering All Politics Is Local, And Trusting People More.

And I Hope Very Much That The Alp Will Become Increasingly Engaged In The International Discussions That Are Taking Place Amongst Centre-left Parties Generally.