The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and feel that we are there as partners for them if they are prepared to make the necessary changes. But we should be in no doubt as to why we are in Afghanistan. We ended up there because terrorism hatched there erupted thousands of miles away in New York on Sept. 11.

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

Look, I am very competitive.

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

We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.

If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.