You have to have as many defences in place as you possibly can. But even then of course - and it's important to stress this - you cannot guarantee be….

How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many peopl….

There's only one growth strategy: work hard..

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conserv….

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internatio….

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussel….

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today..

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran..

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline..

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be s….

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and hu….

When we said that no more areas of power should go to the EU we were right. And now thanks to the European Union Act 2011, by law that cannot happen ….

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful ….

People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until eve….

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it..

Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political re….

I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction..

It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty..

Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe..

You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside….