Nobody, repeat nobody, that I've met from the major political parties in Colombo have raised any question or doubt about my visit at all.

The political situation is as hot as the temperature. I think frankly we are on a knife edge. There has to be some movement, I think, above all on the question of terrorism in order for us to see people pulling back from the brink. And that has to come soon.

This was a major sabotage by the political parties because they simply didn't trust something that was new. You simply have to have political parties and their operatives campaigning abroad to stimulate interest and excitement, to convince voters that their candidates are worth it. That's what you do in politics.

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

The political parties have lost their loyalties.

I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.