I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.

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.

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.