My view always is that we should learn the lessons, both of the last sort of 50 years of policy-making and it is possible to get to a foreign policy that is engaged and active without going back to where we were in the post-9/11 world.

Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.

Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon

You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.

I haven't got the time to sit here arguing with someone whose idea of a coherent foreign policy is what comes up in Google when you type in peace!

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

Education is the best economic policy there is.