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

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.

We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.

At the moment we are hard-wired into the European markets - 50% of our exports go to Europe - and that has not been good for the UK. So I'm not saying "make Britain entirely dependent on China". I'm saying "let's diversify a bit". When I became chancellor, China was our ninth largest trading partner. This is the world's second biggest economy. China was doing more business with Belgium than it was with Britain.

One of the big problems we have in this country is that not enough people understand how important it is to save, understand the details of credit card statements, to be able to compare different APRs and the like. I support the idea.

Why don't we save and invest in our future and start making the things that millions of Chinese consumers are going to want in the future.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.