In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets.

Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.

The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

The degree of leverage now being reversed is on a staggering scale, and the underlying global imbalances – notably between the savers and the spenders – will require long and painful adjustment.

I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.

If the pendulum swings, it may swing to a combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and, thus, to a period of minority government or coalition, in some form.

When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.

The House has noticed the Prime Minister's remarkable transformation in the past few weeks, from Stalin to Mr. Bean.

Life is serious but art is fun!

Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings

The greatness of the enterprise does not always ensure success, but at least ensures glory.

Congenial labor is essence of happiness.

Programs like ACE's Bootstrap Summer Camp teach our kids important computer coding skills that will allow them to design their own futures.

I have a romantic side. I do things.

When somebody can be intimidated, I use this. Because I'm very wise person. I know how to intimidate my opponents. I know how to play tricky stuff for them.

One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, "Farewell to Fat".

Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Go, bid the soldiers shoot.