Everything About My Politics Has Been About

John Major Put The 'er' Back Into Conservative, David Cameron's Put The Con Into Conservative - And Norman Lamont Put The Vat Into Conservative!

Thirty Years Ago, If You Said The Country Was Living Beyond Its Means, People Would Have Thought About Economics. Now, If You Talk About The Country, Or The Planet Living Beyond Its Means, You Think About The Environment. We Are Taking Out More Than We Are Giving Back. We Are Consuming Energy, Water, And Other Natural Resources In A Way That Is Leading To Huge And Often Irreversible Damage To The Planet. So Too Are Most Other Developed Nations. And So Too Will China And India If They Follow The Same Path Of Economic Development As Us

I Mean, Britain Is A Country Of Successful Muslim Businesspeople, Teachers And Educators, Journalists. So, We Have To Say Very Strongly That The Two Million Plus Muslims In Britain, The Vast Bulk Of Them Make A Huge Contribution To Our Society, And They Actually Make It The Vibrant Society It Is.

My Advice Is Very Simple: If You Can Win A Small Battle, It Gives You Confidence In The Political Process To Take On Bigger Battles, And So It Is Very Much A Bottom-up Grass-roots Way Of Doing Politics.

First Of All, We Have To Say Loud And Clear To All Those Who Are Engaged In The Fighting That Attention To And Respect For Humanitarian Needs Is Absolutely Imperative. Anyone With Any Knowledge Of Iraq, Never Mind Any Concern About The Future, Knows That The Way In Which The War Is Prosecuted Has A Big Impact On What Comes Afterwards.