I Would Say I Have

At The Moment We Are Hard-wired Into The European Markets - 50% Of Our Exports Go To Europe - And That Has Not Been Good For The Uk. So I'm Not Saying "make Britain Entirely Dependent On China". I'm Saying "let's Diversify A Bit". When I Became Chancellor, China Was Our Ninth Largest Trading Partner. This Is The World's Second Biggest Economy. China Was Doing More Business With Belgium Than It Was With Britain.

Britain Is Not Part Of The Single Currency. That Is A Decision We Have Taken, A Voluntary Decision Of This Country, But As A Result Are Part Of A European Union 19 Of Whose Members Are Rapidly Integrating, Creating Political, Fiscal, Monetary, Economic Union To Make Their Currency Work. And That Is Increasingly Rubbing Up Against The Operation.

Every Day As Chancellor I See Alerts Telling Me Of Risks Around The World.

What I'm Interested In Is Britain Projecting Itself Abroad, And Through That Its Values And The Things It Holds Dear. And I Don't Think You Do That By Refusing To Talk To The World's Second-largest Economy [china]. In Fact, That Is Positively Counter-productive In My View.

There Are Those People Who Don't Want Change. Well There Needs To Be A Coalition For Change Amongst The Hard-working Mainstream Majority Of The Country To Crack On And Sort Out Britain's Problems.