If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.

Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.

We are pretty tough in saying for example if you've got unsecured debts and less than £25,000 that should not be an excuse for repossessing someone's home.That should not be allowed.You have got to help manage people through this process. I don't want to pretend that it is going to be easy getting out of Gordon Brown's hole.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

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.