You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course - and it's important to stress this - you cannot guarantee being able to prevent every attack or every kind of attack.

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally...

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.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

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