Kenneth Clarke

My entire political career has been based on building up Britain's political standing and economic prosperity through our membership of the E.U. and the European project.

Access to justice is a fundamental part of a properly functioning democracy.

Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse.

I am a firm believer in open justice, and an opponent of closed justice in any normal circumstances. But I am also an opponent of legal purism, and have no time for institutionalised mythmaking - whether from the authoritarian right or the liberal left.

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

Having everybody voting to avoid a £25 fine is no way to solve public apathy.

Jonathan Hill is an old friend of mine; I have worked with him for many years and know him to be a man of outstanding ability who has never sought a public profile.

No country anywhere in the world allows material that genuinely puts national security at risk into the public domain, and that includes a courtroom.

The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the man to do it.

Margaret was the best prime minister of my lifetime. Mythology has turned Thatcher into someone regarded either as a goddess by her supporters or an evil witch by her opponents.

When E.U. governments are able to agree on political and economic policies, they will remain a superpower to influence the Americans, the Russians, Indians and Chinese over the coming decades. Britain on its own would resume the decline which continued through most of the 20th century.

For those who want out, Brexit remains an end in itself, regardless of what is in the interest of our society, in terms of prosperity, security and influence on the wider world stage.