I'm very proud of the fact that I voted against the Iraq war. And proud that I voted strongly not for students to be saddled with thousands and thousands of pounds worth of debt.

The Iraq war was not necessary.

I've been proud to be the chair of the Stop the War coalition, proud to be associated with the Stop the War coalition.

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

All this talk about a war with Iraq is adding a tremendous amount of volatility in all the markets. We see it in bonds, gold, oil. The uncertainty of what's going to happen is weighing on the markets.

One of the most important battle fronts in this war on terror is Iraq,