Britain Needs A Simpler Tax System Which

Why Don't We Save And Invest In Our Future And Start Making The Things That Millions Of Chinese Consumers Are Going To Want In The Future.

When You Look At The Things People Are Really Fed Up With, Like The Collapse Of The Pension System, Like The Failure To Get Money To The Frontline Of The Health Service, Gordon Brown Is More Responsible For That Than Any Other Politician Including Tony Blair

Britain Is Not Part Of The Single Currency. That Is A Decision We Have Taken, A Voluntary Decision Of This Country, But As A Result Are Part Of A European Union 19 Of Whose Members Are Rapidly Integrating, Creating Political, Fiscal, Monetary, Economic Union To Make Their Currency Work. And That Is Increasingly Rubbing Up Against The Operation.

At The Moment We Are Hard-wired Into The European Markets - 50% Of Our Exports Go To Europe - And That Has Not Been Good For The Uk. So I'm Not Saying "make Britain Entirely Dependent On China". I'm Saying "let's Diversify A Bit". When I Became Chancellor, China Was Our Ninth Largest Trading Partner. This Is The World's Second Biggest Economy. China Was Doing More Business With Belgium Than It Was With Britain.

Britain Should Not Be Forced To Make A Choice Between Joining The Single Currency And Leaving The Eu, Because If We're Forced To Make That Choice We Would Leave The Eu.