The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.

I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.

Boris Johnson is a man of great attributes and great qualities.

One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year.

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.

The promise to use the money we currently send to Brussels and invest it instead on the priorities of the British people - principally in the NHS - and to cut VAT on domestic fuel. With my leadership, it will be delivered.

In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.