I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.