I don't believe that economic equality is possible; indeed some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and keeping up with the Joneses that is, like greed, a valuable spur to economic activity.

The meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative.

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.

[People] are woefully underestimating this country and what it can achieve.

I am hoping very much to get re-elected but it is going to be a tough fight.

We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.

There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge.