You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead.

I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.'

I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.

I'd be happy to have regular face-to-face meetings at Downing Street with David Cameron to argue the case for alternative economic policies.

When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.

Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.

I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

Unconditional love = stress free life. Only those who receive or give can understand this equation.

Dreams are fulfilled at the right.Be patient and wait for the fulfillment of your dreams.

I want to rip off your logic and make passionate sense to you. I want to ride in the swing of your hips. My fingers will dig in you like quotation marks, blazing your limbs into parts of speech.

A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if it does not lose.

If you try to pop the unpopped kernels in the microwave, you go back in time.

All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the World.

Make a mark; don't be part of the living dead.

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.

The big opportunity - and where the most disruption is - is in local media.