Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together.

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that.

When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face.

It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.

Let me completely condemn these sickening scenes; scenes of looting, scenes of vandalism, scenes of thieving, scenes of people attacking police, of people even attacking firefighters. This is criminality pure and simple and it has to be confronted.

Over the longer term, the institutions and powers of the EU will continue to expand and certain policymaking powers, heretofore vested in the member states, will be delegated or transferred to, or pooled and shared with EU institutions. As a result, the sovereignty of the member states will increasingly be eroded.