It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population; and that he is actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability.

Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind.

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

There are those people who basically don't like those who are different. Now, that is a prejudice and it's a prejudice that's dangerous because in the world today, the world works through connectivity. It works through going across the boundaries, but faith and culture and race in a nation.

The relationship between Britain and the US is fantastically important when confronting terrorism.

People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.