I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.

When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to listen to you, and if you don't like it you can change it.

In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

The one thing that unites Sunni, Shiites and Kurds is they want the Americans out.

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

It is government policy to phase out subsidies to nationalised industries. In line with this, the government hopes that the coal industry will be able to operate without the need for assistance apart from social grants.