I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.

My preoccupation has been from the very beginning that I believe that the "Brexit" referendum result is the most disastrous peacetime result that we've seen in Britain.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

You can imagine the sign outside Tory central office. Shop closed - out to lunch.

Yes, I do talk to my trees. I did say to one 'You'd better smarten yourself up or you'll be gone' and the next year, well, you've never seen such a mass of flowers.

They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.