The British policy since the start of this crisis has been to reinforce the authority of the United Nations.

The thought that... I would say anything on the euro other than what's the government's position is absolutely barmy.

He seemed young and decisive, able to make the shift from guerrilla leader to political leader, rather like Michael Collins of the Irish Republican Army did in the early 1920s.

I don't care what color his socks are, or what color sheets he sleeps between. Christopher Meyer ... has broken some of the absolutely first rules of confidence a senior public servant has.

We do seem to bicker and bicker. Sometimes I feel we're like an old married couple, who think occasionally of murdering each other -- but never of divorce.

You can't put one of the world's best living novelists on trial and say this is just growing pains.

It's time for honest language. When a man has sex with a frightened, beaten and intimidated woman there is only one word to describe it, and that is rape.

I will be urging him to ensure any shutdown is as painless as possible for local communities.

I find it hard to believe France does not want to bolster the authority of the United Nations... but the United Nations must solve this problem, not just put it off.