Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.

Because I happen to believe that the best policy solutions lie in the center ground, then I want to see, how does the center revitalize itself? How does it develop the policy agenda for the future? And how do we link up people who have the same basic ideas and attachments to the same basic values across the world?

I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.

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

There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.