We need to have a bigger and more significant role for national parliaments. There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

The well of public opinion has been well and truly poisoned by the Iraq episode.

More of the same will just produce more of the same - less competitiveness, less growth, fewer jobs.

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.

What we’re putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state… for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits.

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

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now.