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.

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

You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.

I don't concede it at all that the intelligence at the time was wrong.

NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO.

You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.

We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.