Politics Is A Highly Tribal Business.

[all Governments] Get Into A Rut Where Every Potentially Good Story Turns Into A Bad One.

I Will Not Accept A New Wave Of Fiscal Retrenchment, Of Belt-tightening, Without Asking People At The Top To Make Their Contribution, To Make An Additional Contribution. I Don't Think You Can Ask People On Middle And Low Incomes, Who, After All, Are The Vast Majority Of The British Population, To Bear The Brunt Of This Adjustment.

I Firmly Believe That The Principles Behind Contraction & Convergence Provide The Best Long-term Framework For A Fair And Equitable Climate Change Mitigation Policy

Politics Is A Highly Tribal Business.

I Am A Passionate Believer In Freedom Of Speech. I Would Not Support Anything Which Would Impinge On Aggressive Robust Freedom Of The British Press, But When Things Go Wrong And There Has Been Outright Illegality, There Should Be Proper Accountability.