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

There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing.

I think the center ground have got to become the people of change again and not the guardians of the status quo. And that is the weakness it comes to in our campaign. You can see it in your politics, you can see it everywhere.

When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was wondering if I pleased any of the people any of the time.

I am a pretty straight sort of guy.

The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit.

I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.