My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.

Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe.

When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.

Disunity costs votes.

I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.