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

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.

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.

The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.

There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.