I have never asked a prime minister for anything.

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

As with all politically lead governments, foreign investment is the slowest in the media section. Politicians are somewhat paranoid about the media but we still think it's worthwhile.

If you want to judge my thinking, look at The Sun.

I think the important thing is that there be plenty of newspapers, with plenty of different people controlling them, so that there are a variety of viewpoints, so there is a choice for the public. This is the freedom of the press that is needed.

Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.