Boom and bust is a term that applied to the Conservative years and two of the worst recessions in history.

I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support.

[They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.

...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early

The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong.