I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.

I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.

I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.

What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did.

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.