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.

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.

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.

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.

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