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.

I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.

Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

One big theme for me is that we have got to move from an economy built on debt to one where we save and invest in the future.

The Foreign Office is a very important arm of the British state and I think Britain has a fantastic diplomatic service. We are the only country in the world spending 2% of our national income on defence and 0.7% of our national income on aid. We are the only country in the world doing both of those things.

Establishing proper economic governance that allows the Eurozone to undertake the integration it needs whilst protecting the interests of the single market for all 28, the rights of member states who are not in the Euro - including of course the UK - is really important for the future of the European Union.

Britain is China's best partner in the West.