This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

I accept that climate change is a challenge, I accept the broad theory about global warming. I am sceptical about a lot of the more gloomy predictions.

Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated.

Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.