Britain is an open and tolerant country.

My pitch is very simple. I'm Theresa May and I think I'm the best person to be prime minister of this country.

These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance. With new technology giving us the opportunity to communicate directly with voters very cheaply, why did Labour MPs vote for a £10,000 allowance to tell voters what a good job they do?

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

What I'm clear about is that we have an opportunity through this early meeting with Donald Trump to start that process of building on that special relationship, that special relationship which is on our national interest, and I think that we can together not just build that special relationship but do it in a way that is good for both for us and good more widely.

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.