When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.
They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
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.