Whatever else I know, I know that if you invest love and care in any individual you can help them to make a difference, to write their own life story.

Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.

The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.

The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.

As long as there are people in education making excuses for failure, cursing future generations with a culture of low expectations, denying children access to the best that has been thought and written, because Nemo and the Mister Men are more relevant, the battle needs to be joined.

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'.

I will do everything that is required in order to bring immigration down to a level that is manageable, that the public believe is right.