A power of recall that depended solely on the electorate and was not subject to unnecessary hurdles of Parliamentary procedures would show trust in the good sense and fairness of the British people. In return, they might trust Parliamentarians a little more.

Not everyone will always agree with me.

Unsalted butter is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

I would always vote for Tory candidates in the United Kingdom, and I would probably be Republican if I was an American.

Supermarkets have contributed as much to increasing the standard of living in the United Kingdom as almost any government policy. They bring a level of convenience and quality that was unknown to previous generations at a highly competitive price because of their buying power.

I think, with a negotiation, you have to go in knowing what you want, knowing what your bottom line is, and knowing what you might accept if you're absolutely pushed.

A poor worker is taxed heavily to receive his own money back with a modest supplement. Surely it would be more efficient just to pay the supplement and take him out of direct tax altogether.

We need to be free to do deals with the rest of the world.

I like some vegetables.

I've never put all my eggs in one basket, and I've always been cautious.

My personal opinion is that life begins at the point of conception, and abortion is morally indefensible.

If we want to change a law, we can do that in Parliament. That is a democratic right that has often been taken from the E.U.

The E.U. is a backward-looking project based on an economic model of the 20th century.

Zero-hours contracts offer an entry point for people who are either new to the workforce or have commitments that make it hard to work full-time.

Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament.

It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.

We must be out of the protectionist common external tariff, which mainly protects inefficient E.U. industries at the cost to British consumers.

I think that conservative principles have a broad appeal, and you should state them boldly, and the point of a Conservative election is to do conservative things, not to do Labour things but slightly less damaging.

A decision by the government to arm the rebels in Syria ought to be taken as carefully as one to commit British troops. It is akin to war, albeit by proxy, and must be treated with equal seriousness and meet the tests for a just war.

I have never been to IKEA, no.

I'm not interested in the past, I'm interested in the future. Europe is past.

In an age of considerable bureaucratic burdens, a business knowing immediately that someone who has the relevant training is eligible to work in the United Kingdom is an important convenience and helps keep costs down.

I believe that politicians should implement the promises that they've given in manifestos.

I'm not a moderniser. I accept that things like escalators do need an upgrade every now and then, but I think the fundamental principles of Conservatism have a long thread running through them that does not need to be modernised.