English - Statesman | May 6, 1953 -
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
Tony Blair
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There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.
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Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
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I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
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The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.
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I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
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You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
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There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000.
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