A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.

I see the Koran very much as an outsider. It stands in the great prophetic tradition of trying to return people to the basic principles of spirituality. Taken for its time, it was an extraordinarily progressive declaration of principle. It is also extraordinary for a Christian to read: for example, there are more references to Mary than in the Gospels. The tragedy is that it has been so warped and misapplied.

I'm the f***ing Prime Minister!

You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives.

The understanding which has driven New Labour's reform is to put the individual citizen - the patient, the parent, the pupil, the law abiding citizen - at the centre of each public service, with the service reformed to meet their individual requirements

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.