I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that's important in the UK national interest and I believe it's important in the US national interest

I think that special relationship between the UK and the US has been an important part of security across the world particularly to the West.

People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.

I was a teenage godmother.

I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that's important in the UK national interest and I believe it's important in the US national interest

Local people do want to see more police on the streets.

I think that probably in some areas the Labour message about some of the things that they said we were going to do - and which we weren't going to do - cut through.