We have serious work to do. There is a lot of change to do.

We recognize that the current arrangements have to change. The existence and extent of the loans has always been declared.

Some of [the lenders] may not be resident in Britain but there's nothing wrong with that.

It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain.

We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people who wish they hadn't come here at all.

Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need to do, they want to win.