Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

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

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister – no wonder the public are cynical about politics.

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

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

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

I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.