I want London to be a competitive, dynamic place to come to work.

The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.

Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can't now remember what any of them were.

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

Churchill decides from very early on that he will create a political position that is somehow above left and right, embodying the best points of both sides and thereby incarnating the will of the nation. He thinks of himself as a gigantic keystone in the arch, with all the lesser stones logically induced to support his position. He has a kind of semi-ideology to go with it - a leftish Toryism: imperialist, romantic, but on the side of the working man.

I think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised.

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...