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.

I think that the people of Great Britain have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying - from organisations with acronyms - saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong, because these people - these people - are the same ones who got consistently wrong.

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.

I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.

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