It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

We're all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now.

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.

The best chapters in our economic history are those that embrace the many, not the few.

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue.

Cap the well, yes, clear up the mess, yes, make compensation, yes absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don't think that would be right.