I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

For example at the moment there is a compulsory requirement to buy an annuity. That is something we would get rid of. It puts some people off saving.

I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.

The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.

There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.

China is absolutely one of the biggest players in the world and if Britain wants to be connected to the world it has to be connected to China.