Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that did less, and therefore did better, would strengthen its authority.

The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician.

(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is really listening. Europe's reputation as a serious player in international affairs is unenviable. It is a feeble giant who desperate attempts to be taken seriously are largely risible. It has a weak currency and a sluggish inflexible economy, still much reliant on hidden protectionism. It has a shrinking, ageing, population and, with the exception of Britain, rather unimpressive armed forces and, not excepting Britain, muddled diplomacy.

There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.