The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different outcome for the people left behind by globalization?

Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite sure what to make of me. I was a Labour figure, but I'd come from a very middle-class background. In one sense I offended both traditional right and traditional left. But I thought that was no bad thing.

We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

Society works by putting opportunity and responsibility together.