Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.

Immigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic growth, we have to find a way of doing it sustainably.

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.