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The 'Best of British' is a positive thing that's bandied around, but also it's applied pressure to our country in terms of economic growth. I think we've always felt the rest of the world is so much more powerful in terms of being commercially viable, but we can take great pride in our level of creativity.

The more the UK feels distanced from European construction the less others are able to benefit from the full influence of the many good things that the UK can help us all to achieve, and therefore there are many areas where I think it would be beneficial to have the UK fully at the table.

Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.

Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget.

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.

Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.