If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.
We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.
In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.
I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.
I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.
There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.
I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.
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