Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter?

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.

What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong.

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

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

America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.

I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European.