I find China such a fascinating and interesting country. Each time I come back something has changed and it's moved on in leaps and bounds.

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

You also want to look at how the tax system encourages and rewards pension saving. I have set as an ambition reversing the effects of Gordon Brown's tax raid which heralded the beginning of the age of responsibility. We are looking at some very specific tax measures on how we can encourage saving.

I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.

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.

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

British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.