Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government and I will lead it as party of government.

This party will, ultimately, be judged on its ability to deliver on its promise.

The idea will be to have a broad-based government and then next year, to move to a new constitution, and then finally to democratic elections ... so who's going to end up governing Iraq ultimately? It's going to be the Iraqi people with a democratic constitution,

What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.

Nine days of headlines should not obscure nine years of achievements. When you are in government you have to take the hard decisions and sometimes you make mistakes.