Boom and bust is a term that applied to the Conservative years and two of the worst recessions in history.

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

We had lost the art of communication - but not, alas, the gift of speech.

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.

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.

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

We've got to be explicit that the road to greater economic success does not lie in this cosy assumption that you can move from a single market through a single currency to harmonising all your taxes and then having a federal fiscal policy and then effectively having a federal state.