I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support.

My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food.

When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger

Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.