When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

Political suicide can end a career.

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

I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.