Disunity costs votes.

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

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

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

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.