A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con.

I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.

The sky is where mathematics and magic become one.

We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.

We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.

There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there.