The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

I've supported Jeremy Corbyn all the way along because I think that was the right thing to do. I've reluctantly reached the conclusion that his position is untenable.

In good times, people turn to Left wing parties, in bad times, they say, well, possibly Left-wing parties can't make those tough decisions... We've got to buck that trend

We can only converse if we can speak the same language. So if we are going to build One Nation, we need to start with everyone in Britain knowing how to speak English.

One of the drivers of displacement and potential conflict over the next 10 to 20 years will be climate (change) - resource scarcity, climate change is going to compound the cocktail that's driving war and displacement.

We have to create security for the working families of Britain, and that's what I'll do

Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.