I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies - and agencies and their offices in Brussels.

Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all flexibility in dealing with your opponents.

Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.

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

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

One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.