We can't be in the business of carting fresh air around the country.

The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.

The economic times we are facing... are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought.

As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s.

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.