It is nonsense that people shopping online in some parts of Europe are unable to access the best deals because of where they live. I want completing the single market to be our driving mission.

Government has the power to help improve well-being

I want to be the voice of change and hope. I want to confront the big challenges this country faces.

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000 of them are under 35. Are we really saying there are half a million people in this country under 35 who are simply too ill to work? I don’t think that’s right.

Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in our time. It is the cancer at the heart of so many of the world's problems.

I intend to end the something for nothing culture

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.