It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.

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

Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.

When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I'm not sorry, and I'd do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads.

If there’'s one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair, it’s this: I’m not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.