“Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.”

Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.

We don’t know what’s around the corner – and we must do everything to ensure we get our country’s debts down, building our resilience so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.

Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.

From the coffee bars of Camden to the gin joints of Norfolk – across Britain, a revolution is brewing. And no, it’s not John McDonnell’s bitter socialist hooch. It’s a generation growing up with an entirely different view of the world – free thinking, optimistic and hungry for success.

As Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.

The fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.

I don’t like tokenism. I don’t like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.

Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.

Schools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could change that around, made a premium on doing maths.

I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.

I’m saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.

We want a fully comprehensive trade deal that reflects our deep, ongoing relationship, the friendship between our two countries.

Our future lies in being a high skilled, high innovation, free enterprise nation.

People want to know about the details of politicians, what they like doing in their spare time, about their families. I think that’s human.

As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.

Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.

I could do no wrong in my mother’s eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.

For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine’s Day is that it gets geared up as the day to profess your love. See, T-E-S-T – that’s a bad word that doesn’t go with L-O-V-E.

I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.

My time in Paris was an education in both the grimness of a relentless, grinding day job and the joys of nights in glittering restaurants.

Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you’ll have much to live for.

Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.

TV is a hard job. You work 15 hours a day. People tell you what to do. I hate to do it.