I am not going to make decisions based on barricades and blockades, nor am I going to make decisions based on the short-term volatility of the oil price.

Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.

Indeed, Britain was set to repeat the old, familiar cycle of boom and bust. Since then, we have created and rigorously adhered to a new framework of modern economic management

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

The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.

So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were the basis of the last stage of financial development over these recent years.

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.