Neil Kinnock

"If anyone wants to know why we must conduct ourselves [with commonsense and realism], just remember at all times, with all temptations, how you, each and every one of you sitting in this hall, each and every Labour worker watching this conference, each and every Labour voter, yes, and some others as well, remember how you felt on that dreadful morning of the tenth of June. Just remember how you felt then, and think to yourselves: June the ninth, 1983, never ever again will we experience that."

"The army of brokers, jobbers and other quaintly named parasites."

"The House of Lords must go - not be reformed, not be replaced, not be reborn in some nominated life-after-death patronage paradise, just closed down, abolished, finished."

"Devolutionary reform will not provide a factory, a machine or jobs, build a school, train a doctor or put a pound on pensions."

"I celebrated this by going to the PLP meeting [and saying], "Id like to congratulate the parliamentary party on this real step forward for proper recognition of women in politics. And nobodys willy has dropped off."