Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon. Just as excessive regulation is not some external plague that’s been visited on our businesses.
It’s probably the most unpopular policy I’m responsible for. I know it is very unpopular, culling badgers. But I believe it is the right thing to do. You have to make choices as a politician. Sometimes it means doing something you know people don’t like.
In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race.
When people’s love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.
Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.
I am not a British isolationist. I don’t just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.
Since 2004, Britain has been the destination for 1 in 5 of all inward investments into Europe. And being part of the Single Market has been key to that success.
I think in any organisation it’s right to set out what you stand for, what you’re fighting for and bring that together in one document so that people can see that the modern compassionate Conservative Party is in it for everybody – not just the rich.
We’re all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now.
I’ll be explaining that Britain will be leaving the European Union, but I want that process to be as constructive as possible. And I hope the outcome can be as constructive as possible because of course while we’re leaving the European Union, we mustn’t be turning our backs on Europe.
Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world...
I want to talk about the internet, the impact it is having on the innocence of our children, how online pornography is corroding childhood and how, in the darkest corners of the internet, there are things going on that are a direct danger to our children, and that must be stamped out.
I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.
People are crying out for a Conservative Party that is decent, reasonable, common sense and in it for the long term of this country.
We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into the unknown.
No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.
Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.
We all say in our own lives that money isn’t everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn’t be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue.
What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.
Just as I believe that Britain should want to remain in the EU so the EU should want us to stay.