We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic 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.

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

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

I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

I think Britain needs to get out there on the world stage and make itself heard. And for much of my political career, there has been a sense of retreat from the world stage because of what happened in the Iraq War.