Ambition Is Best Tempered With Self-knowledge!

I Thank The Prime Minister For His Remarks About Me. Debating With Him At The Dispatch Box Has Been Exciting, Fascinating, Fun, An Enormous Challenge And, From My Point Of View, Wholly Unproductive In Every Sense. I Am Told That In My Time At The Dispatch Box I Have Asked The Prime Minister 1,118 Direct Questions, But No One Has Counted The Direct Answers-it May Not Take Long.

Governments That Block The Aspirations Of Their People, That Steal Or Are Corrupt, That Oppress And Torture Or That Deny Freedom Of Expression And Human Rights Should Bear In Mind That They Will Find It Increasingly Hard To Escape The Judgement Of Their Own People, Or Where Warranted, The Reach Of International Law.

When We Have A Deputy Prime Minister Who Tells People Not To Drive Cars But Has Two Jags Himself, And Where The Minister Who Tells People Not To Have Two Homes Turns Out To Have Nine Himself - No Wonder The Public Believe Politicians Are Hypocrites.

How Long Do Syrian Families Have To Live In Fear That Their Children Will Be Killed Or Tortured, Before The Security Council Will Act? How Many People Need To Die Before The Consciences Of World Capitals Are Stirred?

At A Time Of Such Hope And Optimism In The Middle East, We Cannot Let The Libyan Government Violate Every Principle Of International Law And Human Rights With Impunity.