What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.

Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale.

What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.