I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you can begin to see even the Labour machine beginning to understand that it has become over-reliant on targets and processes, that local governments have been over-bossed and bullied.

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

There should be no "means of communication" which "we cannot read".

You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.

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

Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world.

Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating levels.