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

We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is indeed subject to change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.

Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite sure what to make of me. I was a Labour figure, but I'd come from a very middle-class background. In one sense I offended both traditional right and traditional left. But I thought that was no bad thing.

We know the problems, and we know the solution: sustainable development. The issue is the political will.

Saddam was a threat, that the threat had to be dealt with.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.