The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions.

Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism.

Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.

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.

The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories.

The free enterprise system has not failed; the financial system has failed.

I always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect.