I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.