I Want To See Genuine Talent Rewarded.

What I'm Interested In Is Britain Projecting Itself Abroad, And Through That Its Values And The Things It Holds Dear. And I Don't Think You Do That By Refusing To Talk To The World's Second-largest Economy [china]. In Fact, That Is Positively Counter-productive In My View.

There Are A Lot Of Examples Where People Aren't Getting The Right Information. We Could Do A Lot More With Credit Card Bills So People Properly Understand That If You Pay Off The Minimum It Could Take You 41 Years To Pay Off Is That Right.

It Is Not Fair That People Who Are Born In The Uk To Parents Who Are Domiciled Here, Can Later In Life Claim To Be Non-doms And Live Here, It Is Not Fair That Non-doms With Residential Property Here In The Uk Can Put It In An Offshore Company And Avoid Inheritance Tax.

Cutting Budget Deficits Can Never Be Just An Exercise In Economics.

Well You Know I've Attracted A Lot Of Criticism By, For Example, Suggesting That Child Benefit Should Be Taken Away From Higher Rate Taxpaying Families.