We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.

Times are tough but they are tough because the government is trying to do the right thing, whether on public service reform, education, health, anti-social behaviour and welfare, or in counter-terrorism.

If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.

I think it's important for people like me to evaluate and reevaluate.

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 am a pretty straight sort of guy.

When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was wondering if I pleased any of the people any of the time.