My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform.

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.

Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world.

I'm afraid that's in the nature of modern politics - it's as much conducted by abuse as argument.

Our task is not to fight old battles, but to show that there is a third way, a way of marrying together an open competitive society and successful economy with a just and decent society.

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 first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.