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

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.

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

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

Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.

I think conspiracy theories have gotten more and more close to the mainstream because what you've got is a fragmentation of the media, where the media becomes much more polarized today, left and right.