No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.

I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it.

Billions raised, billions spent. No idea where the money has gone. With a record like that the chancellor should be running for treasurer of the Labour Party.

For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

I don't want to be Prime Minister of England, I want to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom.

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.

Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.

I like democracy. I like to be able to throw out my political leaders when they get things wrong, and we don't get to do that with Brussels.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

God Is Love But For This Love To Be Real To Us Depends Largely On Our Responses and Reactions to Him.

Sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself who’s really stupid, the guys who stop and pick you up, or you, for being out here in the first place?" - excerpt from: freefalling

In my hometown there is a pub named after me - The Frome Flyer on Jenson Avenue. How cool is that?!

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope.

Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

Seeing someone else perform and letting me be the critic for once... that's not a bad thing.

Teach the children that Africans are not one iota inferior to Europeans.

My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that.

To me, music and fashion are the same thing. A good designer is the same as an incredible musician, and the two go hand in hand.