When I Was A Child We Were

Taxes Shouldn't Be Higher; They Should Be Fairer. We Must Be A Party That's Disciplined. We Must Make Tough Choices.

According To The Papers, I'm Miserable, Alienated, And On The Brink Of Resignation. But That's Simply Not Where I Am.

Banks Operate Like A Man Who Either Wears His Trousers Round His Chest, Stifling Breathing, As Now, Or Round His Ankles, Exposing His Assets. We Want Their Trousers Tied Round Their Middle: Steady Lending Growth; Particularly To Productive British Business, Especially Small Scale Enterprise.

I'm Now Happily Remarried To A Good Cook, Which Encourages Me To Be Lazy. I Like To Think That I'm A New Man, But Perhaps I'm Not. I Offset It By Doing The Ironing, Though. She Has A Small Farm In The New Forest With A Herd Of Cattle, So She Serves Up A Steak And Kidney Pie Made With Her Own Beef.

Our Workforce Is Very Co-operative, Very Flexible, Easy To Work With And One Of The Big Selling Points. The Idea That Britain Is Still Back In The Labour Market Of The '70s Is Utterly Bizarre.