We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.
Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly.
My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.