Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world.

Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world.

Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So it is a vital interest for us to protect the integrity and fairness of the single market for all its members.

We must consider teaching the Egyptian revolution in schools.

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.