I Want To See Genuine Talent Rewarded.

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.

One Of The Big Problems We Have In This Country Is That Not Enough People Understand How Important It Is To Save, Understand The Details Of Credit Card Statements, To Be Able To Compare Different Aprs And The Like. I Support The Idea.

The Foreign Office Is A Very Important Arm Of The British State And I Think Britain Has A Fantastic Diplomatic Service. We Are The Only Country In The World Spending 2% Of Our National Income On Defence And 0.7% Of Our National Income On Aid. We Are The Only Country In The World Doing Both Of Those Things.

We Want People To Have A Stake In The British Economy So I Am In Favour Of Actually Encouraging People To Have Small Shareholdings And Feel They've Got A Stake In Our Economic Future.

We Have To Be Pretty Tough With Mortgage Companies And Say You Have Got To Give People The Chance To Work Out Their Debts, Sort Out Future Mortgages.