John Reid Decision Quotations

The decision is never an easy one, and I think recent history teaches us it is impossible in most cases to predict where your enemy will come from.

Any withdrawal of forces will be based on local conditions, not some immutable timetable, ... This will mean a transition, a process, not a peremptory decision or a one-off event.

This decision will be taken by the British government, at the request of the Iraqi democratically elected representatives,

It is a matter of political practicality. In the course of the next four years this decision will take place. It will inevitably be more public than such decisions in the past,

I stand by the decision to build the aircraft carriers.

There are many ways of encouraging people to make life better other than joining a political party. Politics with a small 'p' isn't just about darkened committee rooms, endless meetings - it is about giving people the right to make decisions about our lives.