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

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.

He never used the phrase 'ethical foreign policy'; instead, he said there should be an 'ethical dimension' to foreign policy.

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

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

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.