I will not use people's lives as bargaining chips.

Specific policy decisions would be absolutely necessary to promote the UK. It's not necessarily borrowing more or changing our current account status.

I absolutely am a Christian and I am very proud of it.

I say to all who are legally here, that you will be welcome to stay.

I think we have muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, registry office, church etc. I would have liked that to have been clarified. I didn't really like the legislation that was the problem but I absolutely support gay marriage.

The great news is we have an all-female shortlist with no positive discrimination or anything, isn't that fantastic?

The Nick Boles text is kiboshed [Mike] Gove's chances. It undermined people's confidence in him. It made it look as if he's been conspiring all along. It did more damage to his reputation than anything else.