Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

I will turn directly to the Asylum Bill later.

You cannot think of Margaret without Denis. There comes a time when every Prime Minister needs someone to give him or her the unvarnished truth, and, in Denis, Margaret had just that.