I Like Democracy. I Like To Be

Conservatives Believe In The Ties That Bind Us. Society Is Stronger When We Make Vows To Each Other And We Support Each Other. I Don't Support Gay Marriage In Spite Of Being A Conservative. I Support Gay Marriage Because I Am A Conservative.

I Think It True That, You Know, Sometimes Things Start To Change Even Before A Government Changes And, Actually, I Think You Can Begin To See Even The Labour Machine Beginning To Understand That It Has Become Over-reliant On Targets And Processes, That Local Governments Have Been Over-bossed And Bullied.

The Last Thing I'd Say Is That You Can Achieve A Lot Of Things In Politics. You Can Get A Lot Of Things Done. And That, In The End - The Public Service, The National Interest: That Is What It's All About. Nothing Is Really Impossible If You Put Your Mind To It. After All, As I Once Said: I Was The Future Once.

What We’re Putting Forward Is The Most Radical Reform Of The Welfare State… For 60 Years. I Think It Will Have A Transformative Effect In Making Sure That Everyone Is Better Off In Work And Better Off Working Rather Than On Benefits.

In The Past We Used To Think Of Poverty In Absolute Terms - Meaning Straightforward Material Deprivation... We Need To Think Of Poverty In Relative Terms - The Fact That Some People Lack Those Things Which Others In Society Take For Granted.