We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.

It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.