Burnham cites decentralisation, Cooper Labour’s business relations, Kendall wants to wait until she’s won… and Corbyn doesn’t offer one.
“We have to have a moral message.”
“Every family is a winner if we become a country that lives within its means, if we keep the record rate of jobs growth going, and we have more opportunities…”
The Chancellor discusses the balancing act Budget.
“The best thing to have happened for it was the collapse of the Berlin Wall.”
Tony Hall is challenged on the charge that, by covering the cost of free licences for over-75s, the Corporation has become an arm of the welfare state.
The Chancellor also describes the tax credit system as “very expensive”, costing £30 billion, or “three times the Home Office budget”.
Camila Batmanghelidjh alleges that her critics have found nothing wrong with her charity except that it doesn’t have enough money.
The Business Secretary was addressing Conservative Way Forward last night.
“This is a new Parliament, and it is for all members too consider carefully how best to tackle ISIL, an evil caliphate that does not respect state boundaries.”
The Richmond MP expressed his dissatisfaction with the Davies Commission.
Do the Greek people want to live under their own laws, or under the control of a remote, unaccountable power?
“One of the dangers is that it will suck in Russian or Chinese money, becoming a strategic liability for the rest of Europe and the NATO alliance more widely.”
…which rather puts his support for a Yes vote into context.
“As much as they try to divide people they will only unite us more strongly in our determination to defeat these Islamist extremists and all they stand for.”