So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.

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

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.

The 21st century will not be about the battle between capitalism and socialism but between the forces of progress and the forces of conservatism.

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.

It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe, I believe the intelligence was correct, and I think in the end we will have an explanation.

The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.