The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.