There are three things about Barack that really stand out for me: strength, moral authority, and wisdom. ... He has pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world.

My question right now would be to Colonel Gaddafi, which is: 'What on earth do you think you are doing? Stop it.'

What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.

Now I know which came first - the chicken not the egg.

Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together.

When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

There is a growing frustration that the EU is seen as something that is done to people rather than acting on their behalf. And this is being intensified by the very solutions required to resolve the economic problems.