Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable.

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

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

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

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

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.