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It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue.

I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less about anything the Tories have done and more about the failures of Labour to set out, in any kind of coherent sense, what it's for anymore.

I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way.

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear.

I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely.

A self-evidently confident politician, Cameron still suffers from a curious hollowness. Ten years after he became Conservative leader, many people still question what he actually stands for or believes in.

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

There are Americans will find it difficult to believe that the Prime Minister can simply impose candidates on ridings, and can so efficiently move individuals out of private life and into the Cabinet with virtually no resort to the electorate.

As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out, that proverbial substance really hits the fan.