I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

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.

There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.