New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known.

I accept that it was a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend. Mr Speaker, I am sorry for this. I have apologised to the Prime Minister, to the public, and, at the first opportunity available, to the House.

For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.

Ed Balls is like a drunk trying to drink his way out of alcoholism.

We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened.

I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

The era of nuclear terrorism has arrived.