The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

Yes, I've never inherited a penny!

Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.

I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies - and agencies and their offices in Brussels.