Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in our time. It is the cancer at the heart of so many of the world's problems.

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

I like democracy. I like to be able to throw out my political leaders when they get things wrong, and we don't get to do that with Brussels.

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

I think in any organisation it's right to set out what you stand for, what you're fighting for and bring that together in one document so that people can see that the modern compassionate Conservative Party is in it for everybody - not just the rich

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world.

I mean UKIP, I mean it's just a sort of, you know, bunch of fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists, basically.