Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich.