Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.

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

I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.

Today the impulse towards interdependence is immeasurably greater. We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community.

Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education.