Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

What I'm really more interested in doing - because I think, in a way that's kind of obvious - and you can see, look into Austria - you've got a far-right candidate who may become the president because he's in a close-run race.

You get these insurgent movements of populism, left and right. An insurgent movement of populism took my political party over in the UK for example.

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.

We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. But I have to accept, as the months have passed, it seems increasingly clear that at the time of invasion, Saddam did not have stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons ready to deploy.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens.