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.

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

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

Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.

To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.