Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.

To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

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

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.