'I reflect on what I said with a mixture of pride and embarrassment' - Tony Blair on Good Friday Agreement

Tony Blair has said he reflects on one of his most famous and oft-derided quotes, delivered ahead of the Good Friday peace deal, with a mix of pride and embarrassment.

When the then British prime minister flew into Belfast on April 7 1998, as negotiations to end the region's conflict teetered on the verge of collapse, he delivered a spur-of-the-moment line that will forever be associated with the historic agreement which emerged three days later.