They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself.

If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe.

I'm not one of those who thinks there is something inherently bad or inferior about watching television.

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.