If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

[on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

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

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

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.