The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must not be weighed down by an insistence on a one size fits all approach which implies that all countries want the same level of integration. The fact is that they don't and we shouldn't assert that they do.

I am just not a great fan of the Piers Morgan format. I would rather do something a bit more substantial.

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc.

The well of public opinion has been well and truly poisoned by the Iraq episode.

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country.