Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.

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.

Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

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

Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust