Our friends in America will be at the front of the queue for trade deals.

This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope...

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.

If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere.

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

We need to remember that we can't compete endlessly with other nations that set their income taxes substantially lower than ours. They will attract jobs, and investment. They may generate more tax - and they may even persuade their tennis champs to run that extra half yard