I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.

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.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.