My department is not too big for one man, because I'm Superman.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.

I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.

There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.

We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.