I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years.

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The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in...

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in...

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single...

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single...

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved...

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved...

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like...

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like...

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by...

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by...

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to...

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to...

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and...

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and...

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us...

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us...

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to...

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to...

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain....

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain....

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing...

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing...

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will...

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will...

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in...

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in...

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed...

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed...