I want to see genuine talent rewarded.

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.

Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

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.

At the moment we are hard-wired into the European markets - 50% of our exports go to Europe - and that has not been good for the UK. So I'm not saying "make Britain entirely dependent on China". I'm saying "let's diversify a bit". When I became chancellor, China was our ninth largest trading partner. This is the world's second biggest economy. China was doing more business with Belgium than it was with Britain.

Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.