China is absolutely one of the biggest players in the world and if Britain wants to be connected to the world it has to be connected to China.

We need a coalition in this country. A coalition of change. People who have had enough of this.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

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.

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.

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

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.