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.

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

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

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

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

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.