1.   All that one can say is that he was better than the current Labour party leader.

2.   But in his last job, Mr Redwood was just beginning to come to terms with Labour council leaders.

3.   By that standard, the Labour leader is the perfect operator.

4.   For public consumption, Labour leaders purport to have jettisoned the principles of a life-time.

5.   He defeated Denis Healey to become Labour leader the following year.

6.   It faced hostility from Labour leaders, and never succeeded in gaining an electoral or industrial base.

7.   The Tories mounted a massive propaganda campaign against the Labour leader.

8.   There were strong arguments to persuade Labour leaders to lower their sights in terms of national economic policy.