Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.