Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon

And the problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong, but I can't, sincerely at least, apologise for removing Saddam.

Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.

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

Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe that is a serious proposition.

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.