Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong.

I can't legislate to change human nature.

I will turn directly to the Asylum Bill later.

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.