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I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.

You don't want to pretend that 9/11 ended in 2002 with the first anniversary. So how do you frame the post-9/11 world and play a productive role in discussing it?

Tony Blair will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid.

If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq.

We've chosen to stay part of the Westminster system, but we don't want to be a forgotten, sidelined part of it.

But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

It all went back to problems we had talked about before, you know, such as the British not believing in formation bombing and not believing in daytime bombing.

Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.