My question right now would be to Colonel Gaddafi, which is: 'What on earth do you think you are doing? Stop it.'

Now I know which came first - the chicken not the egg.

Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each other. I don't support gay marriage in spite of being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.

Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.

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

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

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must not be weighed down by an insistence on a one size fits all approach which implies that all countries want the same level of integration. The fact is that they don't and we shouldn't assert that they do.