We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
I think I'm seen as trustworthy. I'm seen as having determination and persistence, and I'm seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues.
I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.
There will, in my view, come a time when there has to be some kind of political denouement inside China, because the newly enriched generation might put up with being told what to do by their rulers - but their children, who will take prosperity for granted, will not.
This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.
I'm fairly conservative on social issues, but not extremely conservative and not reactionary.
