I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

I trust the people.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed.

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.

One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.

People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

People know that you can't spend more than you have.

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally.

The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.