We have taken a situation in the U.K. because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so Britain now is on a path out of Europe.

Well, we definitely need a strong and clear and assertive America. That's for sure. But you've always got to build alliances. And so it's very important that we are able to build those alliances. And where we don't do what in a way to extremists want us to do, which is to make this into a battle between the West and Islam - it's not. This isn't a clash between civilizations. It's about whether the values of tolerance and respect for difference prevail.

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.

But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.

Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.

I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.