[They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.

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.

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.

I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.

I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be.

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society

We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as it should be - a Britain of nations and regions.