I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

And the problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong, but I can't, sincerely at least, apologise for removing Saddam.

You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.

Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.