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.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government

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.

In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.

The only break I ever took was to eat. That's all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food.

My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now.

What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.