You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.

I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.

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

When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

The legacy of Mandela is to have brought the country together... South Africa can be one of the success stories of the 21st century.

When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.