I happen to belong to that group opinion which holds the break-up of the United Kingdom to be imminent.

There is a real danger of the United Kingdom breaking up. There is a loss of common identity.

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself.

The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.

I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.

The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.