You don't have to love everything George W. Bush stands for to hate everything that Osama Bin Laden stands for. - John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan

Leadership isn't a zero sum game. When one of us shines it doesn't diminish the others, it reflects on all of us.

If we in this movement are going to ask the decent, silent majority of Muslim men - and women - to have the courage to face down the extremist bullies, then we need to have the courage and character to stand shoulder to shoulder with them doing it.

Until Roy Hattersley said he would shoot himself if I became prime minister, I had not been able to see any possible advantage in standing.