Please don’t call me a Blairite and don’t refer to what I say as Blairite, that infers I’ve not studied my history and only formed my views post Blair. I was campaigning well before Blair was known by the country, my views are Labourite, my views are those shared by many Labour members and supporters up and down the country.

I have more I’m common with Attlee and Wilson than most so called Labour supporters who say Labour needs to get back to its principles, principles that most of them couldn’t quote off by heart and probably don’t realise are actually written down for all to see.