They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

There are unquestionably links between al-Qaida and Iraq.

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland

I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.