I also believe that rows are not helpful. And tantrums, threats and ultimatums are also not helpful.

A new season is beginning and there are no men for every season. This is my opinion, and this opinion has an inevitable consequence: my resignation as party secretary.

There are those who think that the best candidate in 2006 would be Silvio Berlusconi, ... There are those who, like myself and the UDC, think it isn't like that.

There are those who think that the best candidate in 2006 would be Silvio Berlusconi. There are those who, like myself and the UDC, think it isn't like that.

I do not believe the remarks that have been made by senior executives at Telstra were in any way helpful,

I do not believe this is helpful. Jacques Rogge [the IOC president] has said anti-doping is the most important problem facing Olympic sport. It would help if everybody spoke with one voice.