The allegations are completely untrue, and dredging up a photo from when I was 22 years old is pretty desperate stuff. This is merely part of an absurd smear campaign to divert attention from the issues that matter in this leadership contest.

The allegations are completely untrue, and dredging up a photo from when I was 22 years old is pretty desperate stuff, ... This is merely part of an absurd smear campaign to divert attention from the issues that matter in this leadership contest.

Working in the Major government, we all saw, pretty close at hand - perhaps closer than a junior minister - the problems that the party was facing, ... Those who learned the lessons, and those who didn't. I did. I still for the life of me can't work out why Blair and Brown didn't. The euro would be like an ERM that we couldn't even leave.

I think he pretty well had run the string out.

We pretty much have the materials set, but appreciate the offers.

The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade.