What has become clear is that Britain cannot trust the Conservatives to run the economy. Everyone knows that I'm all in favour of apprenticeships, but let me tell you this is no time for a novice.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.

I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.

My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society

No one should be held back from realising their potential by fears that they will not be able to afford to go to university or that they will graduate with unmanageable levels of debt.

Often we don’t see the majesty of God’s design because we’re caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs.

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.

When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine having to deal with some kind of fame.

I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said' with the refs...I'm the he.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.

It's very important to be just to other people. It takes years and years of living to learn that injustice against oneself is always unimportant.

As an intelligence officer, if you don't have a security clearance, you really don't have a job. My military position was, and has been, frozen, for four years.

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man.