In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can't turn the clock back to 1904, what's the point of being a Conservative?

Volunteering is also now more crucial than ever in helping people find work.

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

The mayors fund for London will be a streamlined vehicle for getting money from the wealth creating sector to communities across London that are facing hardship and deprivation and are the victims of crime.

My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.

Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.

London is the sporting capital of the world. I say to the Chinese and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home.