I Get A Lot Of Letters From

I See No Real Argument In Britain That Is Concerned That An Indian Company Owns Our Most Successful Car Manufacturer Or That The Sewer System Under London Is Being Renewed In Part By Chinese Investment. There Are The Odd Voices That Express Concern But They Are Very Marginal And They Are Not Being Listened To By The British People.

There Is A Big Problem. The Problem Is The Country Borrowed Too Much. We Went On A Borrowing Binge, There Was A Housing Boom. You Want To Help People De-leverage And Deal With Those Debts Over Time.

I Didn't Come From A Traditional Tory Background; It Was Urban And Metropolitan.

I Get A Lot Of Letters From People.

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.