He has brought a new dynamic to the leadership contest and will put pressure on some candidates who perhaps are struggling for support.

For the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher, we will have at the head of the Conservative Party someone who is genuinely an equal match for Tony Blair.

I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.

This will continue so I'm not too worried about these various demonstrations. We're just being used by various parties to hit at each other.

Higher oil prices will drive up sentiment for oil stocks.

Having a hearing is educational. Having a hearing with television cameras is useful. Having a hearing with two rows of television cameras is Heaven.