The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

There could be an election this fall. So the last thing I want to do is lead to instability or speculation about my commitment to the party.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

It is not as it has been painted - with me being pro-nuclear and Margaret being anti-nuclear. We both have the same concerns as expressed in the energy white paper, and we both have the same appreciation that nuclear has to be part of the debate.

negotiation and agreement, and not confrontation.