“The successful conduct of economic policy is possible only if there is...” — Nigel Lawson Quote

The successful conduct of economic policy is possible only if there is - and is seen to be - full agreement between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy.

I'm sure Mark Carney is a very clever young man, but I think that the government would be mad to move from inflation targeting to money GDP targeting.

The 'in' campaign will attempt to scare people into believing that if the U.K. were to leave, investment and jobs would move abroad. They are as wrong about that now as they were when they warned that this would happen if we did not sign up to the Euro.

If Britain doesn't stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, we are very much in favor of a free trade agreement between the U.K. and Europe. We don't want Britain to be punished for its decision to leave, and it is not in our interests for Britain to be punished because we may be the ones who lose out as much if not more than them.

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.

You know, I wanted to be a part of the infrastructure and transportation committee because of our incredible growth here in North Texas, and the growth of our state as a whole. And because I thought that it would be an area where we could have some bipartisan agreement.

I was an assistant once. I worked for Rob Reiner and his family. I did sign a confidentiality agreement, though.