Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met.

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

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

Just as I believe that Britain should want to remain in the EU so the EU should want us to stay.

The European Union that emerges from the Eurozone crisis is going to be a very different body. It will be transformed perhaps beyond recognition by the measures needed to save the Eurozone.

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.

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.