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.

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.