SO HOW WILL HE KEEP BRITAIN SAFE?

ON USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS:

‘I’ve made clear that there would be no first use of it.’

ON HIS LETTER OF LAST RESORT TO SUBMARINE COMMANDERS:

‘What I’ll be saying is that I want us to achieve a nuclear-free world.’

ON A DRONE STRIKE TO KILL ISLAMIC STATE’S LEADER:

‘What I’d tell [intelligence services] is give me the information you’ve got, tell me how accurate that is and tell me what you think can be achieved by this. What is the objective here?’