The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

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

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.

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

We should be looking at putting a limit on the interest that can be charged on things like store cards.You don't want to end up with totally draconian credit controls but you want some common sense. We want cooling-off periods for store cards so people can't take them out and go straight to the counter and buy things.

We can help people. We have got to move this economy from its over-dependence on debt. People should have manageable debts, a manageable mortgage.