There are plenty of people who don't want change - the Labour Party, some of their militant trade union friends like Unite busy causing strikes at the very beginning of a fragile recovery.

No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.

I am actually quite encouraged and I think, actually, the UK is coping with globalisation a lot better than most other European countries. And that is reflected in the fact that (whilst of course there are people who are still unemployed) our unemployment rate is low and (whilst of course we need to export more) we are attracting a huge amount of inward investment into Britain.

I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.

I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.

We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.

I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.