There is no high-carbon future

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

There is no high-carbon future

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.

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

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.