Conservatism must be based on allowing everyone to become an owner - equity for everyman.

There aren't many fathers around here...If someone is old enough to father a child, he should be old enough to help bring it up.

The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes.

There is no point in saving the currency if we lose the country that goes with it.

What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right.

The EU will not stop wars: it wants an army to fight them.

The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.