The threat was manufactured not in the sands of Iraq, but in the corridors of Whitehall.

The prime minister has a lot of explaining to do.

We had our best election result in 2005 and we have a responsibility to use that to take us forward.

Two and a half years on, we must begin to bring this occupation to an end.

We will not tax by stealth.

We need full disclosure by our government. If, in fact, people are being moved from a jurisdiction where torture is illegal to a jurisdiction where torture is permissible, that seems to me to be wholly contrary to international law.

It is essential that we establish yet again in this country that sexuality is no bar to public office of any kind.

None of this was ever put before parliament or the British people in March 2003 when military action commenced.

At a time when some of our critics have been quick to writes us off, I intend to reassert our credibility and authority. This movement has been fighting for Liberalism for a century and a half. A great cause is not going to be destroyed in a month and a half.