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.

We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.

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.

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

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

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