Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.

And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do.

In seats where perhaps we don't expect to win at the next general election, the new infrastructure gives us a chance to win local council seats and to build a campaigning base which could help us to win in the future.

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.