I Want To See Genuine Talent Rewarded.

Britain Is China's Best Partner In The West.

The Foreign Office Is A Very Important Arm Of The British State And I Think Britain Has A Fantastic Diplomatic Service. We Are The Only Country In The World Spending 2% Of Our National Income On Defence And 0.7% Of Our National Income On Aid. We Are The Only Country In The World Doing Both Of Those Things.

We Want People To Have A Stake In The British Economy So I Am In Favour Of Actually Encouraging People To Have Small Shareholdings And Feel They've Got A Stake In Our Economic Future.

The Rise In World Oil Prices Has Been Larger Than Anyone Forecast.

People Know That Billions Of Pounds Are Wasted. Billions Of Pounds Never Get Near The Families That Need It. It Is An Absolute Outrage That Hard-working People Go Out To Work Every Day, Get Up Early, Come Back Late, Don't See Enough Of Their Families In Order To Pay Taxes To Fund Vast Bureaucracies That Are Inefficient In Order To Fund A Welfare System Which Allows Too Many People To Sit For The Whole Of Their Lives On Out-of-work Benefits Without Going Out To Look For Work.