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

I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know, we know best. We'll sort it all out for you. And then because people believe that doesn't meet their case for change and they want real change, social media and the way the relationship between people can come into a sense of belonging very quickly, that then is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. You see this around the world.

We need to develop the new green industrial revolution that develops the new technologies that can confront and overcome the challenge of climate change; and that above all can show us not that we can avoid changing our behaviour but we can change it in a way that is environmentally sustainable.

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.

One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough.

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.