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.

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

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

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

There is no high-carbon future

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

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