Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.

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.

My teachers used to call me a failure

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.

Immigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.

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

What I'm really more interested in doing - because I think, in a way that's kind of obvious - and you can see, look into Austria - you've got a far-right candidate who may become the president because he's in a close-run race.