The Kosovo campaign was a just and necessary war. And I believe that Blair - of whom I have many criticisms - in this case showed real determination in conducting it.

Socialists have always spent much of their time seeking new titles for their beliefs, because the old versions so quickly become outdated and discredited.

... when a big man has a big idea I never like to stand in his way.

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society - from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.

We had to do what we had to do - Britain is great again.