I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

You cannot win an election without a fight

You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.

I think all senior politicians tend to be rather more subtle then the commentators would have it. It is a natural tendency for human beings to try to classify. We all have this classification urge - so and so is such and such, that person is in that camp - but look, most sophisticated people defy stereotype.

It is very important for our long-term economic future that the relationship with Japan, Korea and China, who are our three biggest trading partners, be ever stronger.