as a force for good and force for change in the world. so often the problems we re confronting, whether floods in bangladesh or problems in haiti, require aid as well as hard military power. brant isbritain is a front row power where every single one of the key organizations whether it s nato or the commonwealth, our relationship with america i believe is as strong as ever. nine months into this job, i believe that relationship is at heart incredibly strong, not just because of what our forces do fighting and sometimes dying together, but also the security relationship where our assets and your assets work absolutely in harmony. information is shared and president obama and i are on telephone talking about the threats we face and how to combat them together. britain is a front player and will remain so. i would argue that our defense review took difficult decisions and said there are legacy assets you don t need. you don t need so much tanks
greece, ireland, portugal, perhaps spain need some kind of package of support? germany, of course, would be the critical country, but many people think britain needs to step up as well. well, first of all, i don t want to speculate about other countries in europe that are doing their best to deal with their problems. i mean, obviously britain is not a member of the euro. i think we were right not to join. and while i m prime minister, we will not join. i think having our own currency and more flexible monetary policy that can respond to our needs is right. clear any the case of ireland, they are an old friend and a strong partner for the united kingdom and it was right for us to make that bilateral loan to help them. we are involved in one of the funds in europe, the so-called financial mechanism. that was set up before i became prime minister. so there s a liability we have with that fund. but the new financial arrangements put in place for europe for the future don t involve britai
from greece, portugal, perhaps spain need a package of support? germany would be the critical country but many people think britain needs to step up as well. i don t want to speculate about other countries doing their best to deal with their problems. britain is not a member of euro, we were right not to join and while i m prime minister will not join. clearly the case of ireland, they are an old friend and very strong partner for the united kingdom and right for us to make that bilateral loan to help them, we are involved in one of the funds in europe, the so-called financial mechanism, that was set up before i became prime minister. there s a liability we have under that. but the new financial arrangements put in place for europe for the future don t involve britain and the arrangements will be put in place for a treaty change also
demonstration today on wednesday, on friday. and so it is complete standoff. and i hope somebody will send the message to president mubarak for the sake of the country, for his own dignity to defuse this crisis, he better step down and everybody is ready to give him the dignified out he is entitled to as a former president of egypt. he needs to go. you need to engage the civilians. it should not be just the military. outgoing regime, the change. people are not believing that and any feeling people will get that there is an effort of the peaceful revolution, it will turn violent. you are saying under no circumstances unless mubarak resigns will you negotiate with the regime?