What's interesting is whilst Shanghai has gone stellar - literally, in these massive buildings which have appeared since I first visited - Beijing has become a much more vibrant and interesting place. A lot more business is done here.

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.

We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

We support the auto-enrolment but we have our doubts about the way the National Pension Scheme is going to be structured.

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.