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.

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.'

Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local level.

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