I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.

I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.

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

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.

People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything is decided at that level.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.