Bob Ainsworth

Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency.

If I had another life, that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.

It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.