If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world.

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

If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world.

I do believe that if you reach a just and fair settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians it will have a massive influence on countering extremism. Which is not to say that the Israel-Palestinian situation is the source of the problem, but it is very potent fuel.

One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I represent really has had its day or not. Now I obviously believe passionately it hasn't, that it's still the answer and not the problem, and, you know, the evidence points both ways.

Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain, Britain. Conform to it; or don't come here.

There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing.