[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.

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.

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

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

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.

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