The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.

There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.