No ifs, no buts - we will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the U.K.

I'm handsome, no ands, buts or ifs.

Gordon Brown's lack of fiscal responsibility will damage our ability to compete, and mean further tax rises for hard working families.

Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out on't, in the world, than they are. And for my own part, I would a hundred thousand of them were there [Virginia] for we are all one countrymen now, ye know, and we should find ten times more comfort of them there than we do here.

Taxes have gone up, spending has gone up, waste of government money has vastly increased, and I think people will say he frittered away a very strong economic inheritance.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.