Quotes from Jess Phillips

I am manic and that leads me to behave badly at times.

I have not always behaved well. I can admit that. I get things wrong, I learn.

If we reduce the minimum voting age to 16, as we should, then people could be auto-registered when they are issued with a national insurance card.

The NHS was hard to deliver, so was the minimum wage. It's time now - we need to have a proper conversation about how much is the individual cost, how much is the burden that we're all going to share together, and how much are we going to put on older adults now versus a future system like national insurance.

If the internet has taught me anything it is that people are either heroes or they belong in the bin.

I like second chances; I've had a few myself.

When my children were little, I would chat with my husband or my mum friends about how we were superior parents to other people, or that so-and-so was lying about how their children slept through the night.

In an election campaign, sleep is for the weak.

We have got to be brave and bold and bring people with us, not try and look all ways. Trying to please everyone usually means we have pleased no one.

Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.

I don't know how all of my friends vote; it doesn't come up. But it would be a lie to say that I don't surround myself with people who have a similar moral code to mine.

Being in France means that I am surrounded by examples of nationalised services that work.

My family is just like most other families - we rise and fall on good and bad government policy. Politics affects us all.

As a woman, I don't trust Boris Johnson with my rights and that's largely because of the things that he has said and done in his political life.

I was politically complacent during the Blair years. Things were good and people thought things would be good forever.

As a mother, I want the very best for my children. As a politician, I want what is best for all children.

I'm the kind of leader who would try to have honest and difficult conversations.

I made a decision to stop feeling envious of other people, to crack on with my life and stop comparing myself with others.

For a party of the left to win, people have to have believe that government, the state, can be on their side. When I was a young mother, Sure Start and tax credits weren't just a financial lifeline, they represented hope.

I am not into self-exploration. My family would lose their eyes in the backs of their heads if people talked about personal journeys or finding oneself.

Any MP who deals with immigration a huge amount, which I do, is going to worry about giving powers to the executive to change immigration law without scrutiny.

Boris Johnson needs to be challenged, with passion, heart and precision.

People just don't believe we'll deliver what we say we will. They don't believe we want to listen or to understand their lives. And they don't believe we are able to do much to make their lives better.

Lisa Nandy is absolutely right that we need to devolve economic power away from Westminster and learn from what Labour councils around the country are doing.