I Hate Putting Up Taxes.

I Am Not Proposing To Seek Your Votes Because There Is A Blue Sky Ahead Today.

We Used To Think That You Could Spend Your Way Out Of A Recession And Increase Employment By Cutting Taxes And Boosting Government Spending. I Tell You In All Candour That That Option No Longer Exists, And In So Far As It Ever Did Exist, It Only Worked On Each Occasion Since The War By Injecting A Bigger Dose Of Inflation Into The Economy, Followed By A Higher Level Of Unemployment As The Next Step.

Unilateral Disarmament By Britain Is Opposed To Our Country's Best Interests, Could Begin The Unravelling Of Nato And Therefore Jeopardise The Stability Of Europe.

There Are No Instant Solutions.

The Rule Of Law Should Be Upheld By All Political Parties. They Should Neither Advise Others To Break The Law, Nor Encourage Others To Do So Even When They Strongly Disagree With The Legislation Put Forward By The Government Of The Day.