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

My mother was the center of the family.

Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.

They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.

Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.

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

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