The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

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.

Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist.

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.