I am delighted to join a team which is at once diverse and unified. When I stood in 2017, the Labour Party was languishing in the polls. Low polls often lead to division, so I was delighted to find the Labour Party was, despite this, ridiculously unified. I have the greatest respect for the Hon Andrew Little, the leader at the time, because he is exactly that: honourable. So I put the unified culture down to good people leading with integrity. But I now think it was also the result of their unifying purpose, which I saw simply as seeking to redevelop basic respect between people, which is the essential building block of community. When we treat each other with dignity and respect, we listen, and we truly see each other, thus we foster genuine connection. What I have witnessed in the last term of Government was the impact of applying that resolve.