Thus in such a Labour Party there can be no question of independent policy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.
The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.
The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of the Labour Party.
And, I hope now that everybody understands that the Labour Party - as it always has done - stands for free speech and individual Members of the Labour Party are entitled to exercise that free speech.
A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.
We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition.
We are all in the Labour party because we want the Labour party to be a vehicle for social change. There is a thirst for debate in the party, and all those who have joined haven't joined without a purpose.
In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.
I won't allow any party to evade the question of which leader they support for prime minister.