David Lloyd George had been to Germany, and been so dazzled by the Führer that he compared him to George Washington. Hitler was a 'born leader', declared the befuddled former British Prime Minister. He wished that Britain had 'a man of his supreme quality at the head of affairs in our country today'. This from the hero of the First World War! The man who had led Britain to victory over the Kaiser!

We did everything we could to break down barriers that restrain poorest.

If gay marriage was OK ... then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.

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

When my father began his work in the 1970s it was a very different EU. I pay tribute to what he did. But it has now become a very different proposition: the United States of Europe.

The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.