No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There seems to be a sense in the British media that prime ministers enjoy going to war. They do not. The decision to send British soldiers into battle is the worst and most stomach-churning senior politicians have to take. It makes them wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worrying if they have done the right thing.
I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.
I won't allow any party to evade the question of which leader they support for prime minister.
No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher.
No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.
A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.
Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.
But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry that's Tony Blair isn't it? Um, so he doesn't even have to ask the country before he goes to war - sorry that's still Tony Blair.
A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.