John Major

Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.