Our aim is not just an educated nation but an intelligent one

The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and cultures.

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.

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

If we don't act now, then we will go back to what has happened before and then of course the whole thing begins again and he carries on developing these weapons and these are dangerous weapons, particularly if they fall into the hands of terrorists who we know want to use these weapons if they can get them.

The Spanish PM rang me to say: 'I have the support of only 4 per cent of the people.' I said, 'Crikey, that's even less than think Elvis Presley is still alive.'

My view is that we're entering into a situation of enormous instability, insecurity, fragility.