140 Quotes by John Reid

This was a game that was good for both of us,

This is a great success for the Royal Navy, ... (It) has dealt a sledgehammer blow to the drug traffickers.

I was asked, what was my response to those people who said that what was going on at Heathrow and elsewhere was all part of a public relations exercise, a spin,

All government departments will be smoke-free, ... All enclosed public places and workplaces ... will be smoke free. All restaurants will be smoke free. All pubs and bars preparing and serving food will be smoke free.

It hadn't improved so we decided to give him time off.

The doctors have said he needs to rest so he won't be available.

It is not a matter of casualties, but a matter of trying to avoid innocent casualties of terrorism.

And that is why in the course of the day, while we were negotiating, in view of that fact that they weren't handed over, we got increasingly worried and the commander on the spot, with hindsight, was absolutely right to do what he did, because we discovered they weren't in the police station, they were somewhere else, but are now safe,

It isn't something that will happen overnight and without discussion,