Everything About My Politics Has

The Clearest Evidence That We Are Living Beyond Environmental Means Is The Threat Of Dangerous Climate Change. The Scale Of This Threat, To Human Life And To The Natural Resources And Assets On Which It Depends, For Everything From Oxygen And Clean Water To Healthy Soils And Flood Defence, Means That This Simply Must Be Our Top Priority

The Biggest Opportunity In 2013 Is In Africa. It Has Seven Out Of The Ten Fastest-growing Economies In The World. In Nigeria Alone There Are 100 Million People With Mobile Phones. In Total, 300 Million Africans - Five Times The Population Of Britain - Are In The Middle Class.

Good Politics Starts With Empathy, Proceeds To Analysis, Then Sets Out Values And Establishes The Vision, Before Getting To The Nitty-gritty Of Policy Solutions.

One Thing That I Feel Very, Very Strongly Is That We Talk About Islamic Countries, Islamic People, Islamic Leaders, As Either Moderates Or Extremists. It's Almost Like There Are Only Two Categories Of Muslims. And Actually, That Doesn't Show Respect. It Shows Lack Of Understanding Of The Diversity Of Muslim Thought.

If You Decide To Run For The Leadership, You Have To Go Through It With The People You Love. But You Also Have To Protect Them And I Am Determined To Protect My Mum.