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.

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

You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives.

In 1997, we faced daunting challenges. Boom and bust economics..... Now, for all that remains to be done, dwell for a moment on what has been achieved.

You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.

As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.

What is true about (ex-Iraq Survey Group head) David Kay's evidence, and this is something I have to accept, and is one of the reasons why I think we now need a new inquiry - it is true David Kay is saying we have not found large stockpiles of actual weapons.