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The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists.

I am a proud trade unionist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

I think conservatives can be for very tough-minded trade.

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.