I treat opinion polls with a pinch of sugar.

Over the next few days we want cities, towns and villages across the UK to send a message to Scotland: stay with us.

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.

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

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.

Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.